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...temptation to administer street-corner sentences is sometimes reinforced by the frustration of knowing that many of those the police collar will get off on plea bargains or serve mockingly short sentences...
Those who defend Gates say his is the only realistic approach. They decry the average officer's frustration with revolving-door justice, excessive plea bargaining, the fact that so few convicted felons "do time" for their crimes, the requirement that those who patrol ghetto areas fulfill a myriad of societal roles. As excuses, these explanations excuse nothing -- and the / conditions they describe are hardly...
...seagulls, but it was black gold for the legal profession. The 1989 disaster generated more than 300 lawsuits. Last week the largest was settled barely a month before it was due to go to trial, as Exxon reached an agreement with Alaska and the U.S. The cost: a guilty plea to three criminal charges that the company negligently discharged crude oil into navigable waters and killed migratory wildlife, and fines that may eventually total $1.1 billion...
...speech last week, the King did not bow so far, but he did make a plea for reconciliation. Mending bridges with the Saudis is vital for Jordan's shattered economy: in addition to cutting off aid, which amounted to $200 million last year, Riyadh has refused to resume preferential oil sales to Jordan.The U.S. will press the Saudis to be lenient toward the King lest he be toppled. Despite everything, Washington prefers Hussein to the more radical regime that might replace...
Highlighted his help for Agent Orange victims. Slyly declared his "enormous respect for colleagues," a plea for collegiality in case they reprimand...