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...suggested she try out for Chicago, she landed a role as the judge. "I wanted to act ever since I was a kid, but never had anyone to push me," she says. In the last weeks of rehearsal, Opal was worried that her lawyer's advice to change her plea from guilty to not guilty would get her released and make her miss the show. So she decided to change it back. "I begged them to let me stay," she says. "If I get out, I'll come back to do the play, if they'll let me." Despite...
...start their internal ethics oversight comes in the form of widening justice probes into their behavior. Wade, former CEO of defense contractor MZM, pleaded guilty to bribing Cunningham and told investigators about how he reimbursed employees who gave to the campaigns of influential representatives. Records released in the Wade plea suggest the House Members are GOP Reps. Katherine Harris of Florida and Virgil Goode of Virginia. Harris released a statement Friday calling the revelations in the Wade plea ?an unfortunate reality.... I am confident justice will prevail and the guilty parties will be properly punished." Harris said she had attempted...
...Faced with Hulett’s guilty plea, Judge Cashman—a Vietnam War veteran and former prosecutor known for handing down harsh sentences from the bench—found himself up against a classic dilemma: seek rehabilitation or settle for retribution. In this case, a bizarre twist in Vermont law made the choice particularly stark. Because Hulett was classified as “low risk” by the state corrections department, he would be ineligible to receive mental health treatment in a traditional prison. To get Hulett into a treatment program, Judge Cashman had to keep...
...region. Each of the guests reminded students that “Katrina fatigue” is happening, and that the Gulf Coast could not afford to be forgotten. “Be reckless with advocating for justice for the Gulf Coast,” Bebelle said. Making a direct plea, Griffin told the audience, “Please, remember...
...don’t want to have the situation where in a year or two years we need to make the same plea,” said Hinkle. He is optimistic about the film group’s future because of the broad support he has seen for the foundation since the start of the campaign...