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Freddie Booker was already in trouble when he entered a federal courtroom in Madison, Wis., two years ago for a sentencing hearing. A jury had found Booker, 51, guilty of possessing 3 oz. of crack cocaine, with the intention to distribute, which meant he was facing at least 10 years in prison. But when prosecutors informed the judge that Booker had told cops after his arrest that he had previously sold more than a pound of crack, his situation quickly went from bad to worse. Because of that evidence, which was never presented to the jury, the judge had little...
...reduced, Booker is still facing some 20 years behind bars. But his case will have an impact on the 60,000 defendants sentenced in federal courts each year, and it calls into question the prison terms of many of the 180,000 people in federal cells--everyone from crack dealers to Martha Stewart...
...studying for finals by calculating how many points of ERA Shea Stadium will save Pedro Martinez or how many days Randy Johnson will spend on the DL in ‘05, crack open a beer for Curt Flood, the patron saint of free agents. If he hadn’t courageously challenged the reserve clause in his contract in 1970, players might still be restricted to spending their entire career with one team...
...minutiae of Undergraduate Council restructuring is not exciting. But we are glad to see outgoing Council President Matthew W. Mahan ’05 and the incoming council leadership hashing out a new vision for the structure of the council; it is about time someone took a crack at streamlining the day-to-day functioning of the undergraduate representative body, and Mahan’s presentation to the council on Sunday is a good first step...
...against Colgate with an 0-for-5 showing against Cornell, dropping its conversion rate from 23.1 to 21.3 percent, 10th-best nation wide...Friday night’s officiating conjured images of the season’s opening weeks, when referees doled out penalties at a high rate to crack down on obstruction. Harvard and Colgate combined for 17 penalties on the evening...