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...since last May, the Walk for Peace has attracted high-profile liberal speakers like Howard Zinn, James Carroll, and Noam Chomsky. Most recently, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in Memorial Church Peter J. Gomes offered a pacifistic plea despite the January snow...
...defendant served in the military--but they didn't have much flexibility. And with prosecutors allowed to present evidence at sentencing that they didn't have to put forward at trial, defendants had even less leverage. It's no wonder 97% of federal cases were settled by plea bargain last year...
...charges of helping finance a foiled coup attempt in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea; in Cape Town, South Africa. Thatcher admitted that he inadvertently provided mercenaries with money for a helicopter, but said he believed it would be used as an air ambulance for humanitarian purposes. As part of his plea bargain, Thatcher received a $506,000 fine and a four-year suspended prison sentence...
...MAKING A NEW PLEA While advertisers remain sensitive to the plight of the tsunami victims, travelers are being encouraged to come back to stricken destinations; officials are calling tourist dollars a direct form of aid. The Sri Lanka Tourist Board's new slogan reads, IF YOU WANT TO SAVE US, COME AND VISIT...
Nino Tinari, one of Ali’s defense lawyers, said that these prior incidents will support a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity...