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...prison that was designed to hold 600 inmates was holding 1,800,” Wallen said. “The prisoners were in 8.5 by 5.5 by 11 foot cells, and there were a minimum of four and a maximum of nine people in each one. The inmates were locked down in their cells at 3 p.m. each day and not released until 9 a.m. the next morning...
...Possession of a Class D substance, which includes marijuana, with intent to distribute carries a sentence of no more than two years, or a fine between $500 and $5,000, or both, according to Massachusetts General Law. But a drug violation within a school zone carries a minimum sentence of two years in prison and a maximum of 15 years...
...ground with a metal piston. I can’t claim to know too much about construction, but I’m confident there exists a less “brute-force” solution than this prehistoric-seeming one. Harvard has been more than content to do the minimum when it relates to this construction, however, as evidenced by the fact that the machinery on site uses high-sulfur fuel, which has been linked to a host of serious health problems. Harvard refused to replace the high-sulfur fuel with low-sulfur fuel—why shell...
Mariana Islands: Abramoff's first major client paid him $9 million in fees. He helped block legislation, opposed by the U.S. protectorate's textile industry, that would have imposed a minimum-wage law. The Marianas were the venue of many junkets for lawmakers...
...little incentive for Democrats to go along with his agenda?and help him improve his fortunes in the process. Indeed, Democrats aren't completely in synch with his new proposals and intend to press for things still on their wish list, such as an inflation provision in the minimum-wage hike, the right to buy cheaper prescription drugs from abroad and higher spending on education and health care for the poor. "We should be on the offensive and not reacting to Arnold's new script, which is designed to save his own job," says Phil Angelides, the state treasurer...