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Under his predecessor, Gov. Eliot Spitzer, Paterson and his colleagues began to work on new legislation that would replace punishment with treatment where needed, even in the case of some first offenders who pled guilty. The result was an agreement on March 25 between Paterson and state legislators on a bill that would give judges more discretion in sentencing by eliminating mandatory minimums for some higher-level drug offenders and making lower level offenders eligible for treatment...
...Agriprocessors CEO Sholom Rubashkin faces federal charges including defrauding a bank, helping illegal immigrants obtain false papers and money-laundering. (He has made no comment on the charges on advice of counsel, but his lawyer Guy Cook says, "Whether it's 99 counts or 9,000 counts, he's pled not guilty.") Other managers face criminal charges, and the plant faces millions in state fines for alleged workplace violations...
...Chicago Democratic National Convention, came into office the same year Kerner was convicted; after he left, he started a savings and loan business and was indicted for making $1.4 million in fraudulent loans, which he used to pay personal expenses including maintenance on his 80-foot yacht. Walker pled guilty, saying, "I have deep regrets and no excuses." He was sentenced to seven years in prison but served only 17.5 months...
...brother-in-law, a lord, not to attend Parliament on Nov. 5. The building was searched, and Fawkes was apprehended along with his stockpile of gunpowder. Tortured on the rack, he revealed the names of his co-conspirators. Some of them were killed while resisting arrest; others, including Fawkes, pled not guilty and went to trial, where they were convicted of high treason. In January, 1606, the remaining conspirators were hanged, drawn and quartered. Parliament immediately established Nov. 5 as a day of celebration...
...pled guilty in Cambridge District Court on charges of breaking and entering with intent to commit a misdemeanor and trespassing. He was sentenced to three years probation and 200 hours of community service...