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According to Suffolk District Attorney (D.A.) spokesman David Procopio, manslaughter carries a maximum prison sentence of 20 years, and kidnapping has a maximum sentence of life in prison...
...there, says a source close to the case. The Americans insist the Saudis were not merely keeping Abu Ali on ice but, in the words of a State Department official, "wanted this guy. They thought they could charge him." Either way, the situation came to a head when federal District Judge John Bates ruled that the U.S. might have to disclose its role in the detention...
...seeking to follow the Constitution’s vague declaration that “Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States…according to their numbers,” states have traditionally redrawn congressional district lines every decade to account for population shifts evident in the Federal Census. The only requirements imposed by the courts are that each district must be contiguous and composed of approximately the same number of residents. The vast majority of state legislatures have given themselves the authority to preside over this process...
...focus of redistricting reform should not be a political one, such as competition or partisan gain. Rather, it should be on taking the politics out of redistricting and on drawing districts that are geographically and demographically consistent. The Redistricting Policy Group of the Institute of Politics has sought a non-partisan solution to the redistricting crisis. Comprised of more than twenty Harvard College students from a variety of political persuasions, we have formulated a blueprint for redistricting reform that we are introducing at the John F. Kennedy, Jr. Forum tonight at 6 p.m. Our plan would shift control of congressional...
...ninth-floor offices of the Acumen Fund, a nonprofit that helps entrepreneurs in developing countries build businesses, overlook Trinity Church in New York City's Financial District. Consider it a case of Wall Street crossing Hope Road. "It's a good metaphor," says Jacqueline Novogratz, Acumen's founder. Some call it venture philanthropy, but Novogratz prefers the phrase "private equity for the poor." What that means is that a small company in India gets a $185,000 loan to make and sell affordable water filters. And that a Pakistani firm receives more than $260,000 in grants and loans...