Word: appealing
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...prosecution. But what seems to incense Fleiss sympathizers most is the severity of the penalty, which they say dramatizes the problems of mandatory sentencing. "It reflects the worst sense of priorities of our criminal-justice system," says Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz, whom Fleiss has asked to handle her appeal. "The idea that a jail cell will be taken up by Heidi Fleiss is outrageous...
...Russian wrangling helped keep the CSCE from reaching any agreement on what to do about the war in Bosnia. Russia, which sympathizes with Bosnia's Orthodox Serbs, blocked a proposal to condemn Serb attacks on the Muslim enclave of Bihac. German Chancellor Helmut Kohl suggested a bland appeal for a truce, but even that failed...
McSweeney had obtained a restraining order from Middlesex County Superior Court blocking the recount earlier this month. But the court later allowed the recount to take place, and a Thursday appeal by McSweeney was unsuccessful at delaying the recount...
...McSweeney said last night that he plans to appeal Judge Kass' decision today to the Supreme Judi- cial Court (SJC), the state's highest court...
McSweeney, who said his attorneys will file an appeal with the SJC this morning, thinks proportional representation results in some voters being ignored...