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...shock to hear about it,” Poulos said. “He was visiting and everything seemed fine, and then five days later we get a call and learn that he is in jail.” Purdy was also scheduled for a pretrial hearing yesterday in connection with a rape charge still pending against him. According to Silverman, the two women involved in Purdy’s prostitution ring had not been prosecuted. One of them was taken into custody and given a pretrial probation. The other woman was not arrested. —Yelena S. Mironova
...lawsuits, pretrial discovery eases the job of determining what went wrong, who bears responsibility--and how to prevent future misconduct. Besides, the government can file relatively few cases, while private shareholders can sue a swindler whenever they feel wronged. Egregious misconduct may merit jail, but if the Administration is serious about keeping fraud in check, it won't rely on criminal cases to get the message...
...appeal can be heard. Retired Federal Judge Stanley Sporkin maintains that an appeal could be considered - and ruled on - in as little as six months, but it could stretch into 2008 if the appeal briefs are extensive. Given the way his lawyers tried to slow down the process with pretrial motions last year, they are likely...
...Required Finding of Not Guilty on February 23 on Purdy’s behalf. According to Lerner, Purdy is also scheduled for another trial on April 19 on “charges of rape and indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or over.” A pretrial conference in connection with these charges will also be held on March 13. Neither Purdy nor Silverman could be reached for comment. —Staff writer Yelena S. Mironova can be reached at mironova@fas.harvard.edu...
...Watada, 28, faced charges both for failing to deploy and for making public statements about the war that the Army considered "conduct unbecoming an officer." In a pretrial stipulation as part of an agreement to lower the number charges against him, Watada had admitted his failure to deploy. He did not admit guilt on the charge, however, because he felt his failure to deploy had been justified by the war's alleged illegality...