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...SENTENCED. Staff Sergeant IVAN L. FREDERICK II, 38, highest-ranking U.S. Army reservist accused in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal; to eight years in jail by a court-martial; at Camp Victory in western Baghdad. His sentence also includes a reduction in rank to private, a forfeiture of pay and a dishonorable discharge. Frederick, a corrections officer in civilian life, is one of seven charged in the scandal and the third to be convicted; his sentence is the longest to date...
First, pepper spray is considered to be ammunition in Mass and a first offense for possession is good for up to 2 1/2 years in jail. Students need to be aware of this severe consequence...
...extradite Algerian Mohamed Achraf, alleged ringleader of a group of Islamic extremists suspected of plotting to blow up Madrid's National Court. Spanish examining magistrate Baltasar Garzón questioned eight suspected members of the gang arrested in nationwide swoops, and a further 10 Islamic extremists already serving jail sentences for offenses unrelated to terrorism. Officials said the arrests were not connected to the March 11 Madrid bombings. Near-Death Experience POLAND Parliament rejected by just 198 votes to 194 a bill to restore the death penalty, which it abolished in 1997 to meet E.U. human-rights standards (Poland joined...
...Elise’s credit, she does as much as possible with such a weak script, but every actress would falter in scenes such as when her love interest asks her to tell stories from her time in jail, and she responds jokingly, “I was getting raped in the shower and a woman was pulling my leg, just like I’m pulling yours.” No, I’m not making that up. That is an actual line in the film. This dialogue may have in fact been the best and the worst...
...third simply because he is bored?and you begin to feel sorry for them. Willie falls into the same trap as the reader. Then comes the day he is forced by his comrades to kill. He surrenders to the police and faces the prospect of a long jail term for his crime. Then, in one of the funniest touches in Naipaul's entire oeuvre, Chandran's forgotten book of short stories is rediscovered, he is hailed as a father of modern Indian fiction and is released. Magic Seeds may have its problems?the characters think too much, and think...