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According to court records, in 2002 Wan agreed to a plea deal in which he would confess to sufficient facts to warrant a guilty verdict but would have his case continued without a finding until 2005. He was ordered to pay $4,000 in restitution, and was placed on probation...
...have to confess, I was a big fan of ‘Win Ben Stein’s Money,’” Choudhury said, referring to the popular, offbeat Comedy Central game show hosted by Stein...
...Mateo Narcotics Task Force and the IRS raided BALCO last September and carted off enough boxes of evidence to ban four U.S. track-and-field athletes and start investigating nine more. Two weeks ago, the USADA got sprinter Kelli White to confess to using a series of banned drugs, accept a two-year suspension from the sport and agree to help with the investigation. Jones and Montgomery were among 27 athletes reportedly named by BALCO founder Victor Conte as having received THG, according to a federal investigator's memo. Conte denies making that admission. What the USADA showed Jones...
Gentlemen: I must confess serious doubts about the efficacy—or even the integrity—of the “classic” exam period editorial, “Beating the System,” you reprinted recently. I almost suspect this so-called “Donald Carswell ’50” of being rather one of Us—the Bad Guys—than one of you. If your readers have been following Mr. Carswell’s advice for the last 11 years, then your readers have been going down the tubes...
...human mind is more complex than that. There's no magic bullet." Over time, most intelligence professionals have settled on tools in the torture lite category. The FBI's methods fall on the genteel end of the spectrum. "Convicted felons have explained that they more likely would confess to an investigator who treated them with respect," according to a November 2002 issue of the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin. The interview should be a seduction, not a showdown. Suspects should be encouraged to explain their crimes as somehow rational. As any cop or reporter will tell you, most people want...