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...movies, Reservation Road and Things We Lost in the Fire, take up this theme. In the former, a lawyer named Dwight Arno (Mark Ruffalo) is rushing to return his son to his estranged wife, when his car hits and kills a small boy. Panicked, he flees the scene, becoming a guilt-ridden hit-and-run driver. In the latter, a father goes out to buy ice cream for his family, intervenes in a street corner act of domestic violence and is murdered for his trouble. Both movies concern themselves primarily with the aftermath of these shocking crimes, Reservation Road...
...term mortgages to solve short-term fiscal problems. "People are giving public-private partnership a bad name by running around the countryside trying to entice cash-strapped states and municipalities to participate in these monetizations," says Tim Carson, vice chairman of the Pennsylvania Turnpike commission and a public-finance lawyer...
Anthony Z. Scher, Gorman’s lawyer, said that the punishment is reasonable given the circumstances. He said Gorman reached a mutual agreement with the New York Department of Health after reporting his actions to the board...
...only because of its lighthearted side, but also because it represents her conviction that Harvard students should be allowed to transcend what she calls the “A-Track.”"Obviously, because this is Harvard, there is an expectation that you become a doctor or a lawyer or a consultant or an investment banker. One of the motivations of starting “Freeze” was that I wanted students to understand that they’re not the only professions out there, and that it’s okay to do what you want...
Mattis's decision will be based in part on the recommendations of Marine investigative lawyer Lt. Col. Paul Ware. Ware's reports have reached Mattis' desk and, according to an official familiar with the documents, all cite a concern that there is insufficient evidence to convince a jury that any of the Marines involved in the Nov. 17, 2005, shootings had committed murder. According to the reports, the evidence may not support a criminal intent to kill that is the burden of proof for a murder charge...