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...hard to show why terror suspects should be housed in Kansas.' SAM BROWNBACK, U.S. Senator, on the possible housing of Guantánamo detainees in his state, as Barack Obama prepares an order to shut down the prison...
...member of the extreme right on his way to a protest in a subway station the year prior. Continuing to scan the walls, I’d catch some of the building’s finer graffiti: cartoon people riding along on conveyor belts on their way to prison, for example. All around me would be smoke and chatter, as scarf-clad brunettes sipped the famous corn syrup-free European Coke, cafés con leche, or the beer on tap. After doing my best to participate nonchalantly in one of these activities for a while...
...There is plenty of evidence that Holder can turn a blind eye to politics. As U.S. Attorney in 1996, Holder prosecuted and sent to prison Representative Dan Rostenkowski, one of the most powerful Democrats in Congress. Two years later, as Deputy Attorney General, he gave independent counsel Kenneth Starr the legal authority to probe into Monica Lewinsky's relationship with President Clinton...
...that he spent 12 years as a federal prosecutor, first in Washington and then in the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan, which is handling the Madoff case. TIME's Stephen Gandel asked Barkow about Monday's ruling and why most white-collar criminals get to stay out of prison on bail while other accused people are often sent right to the slammer. (See the top 10 scandals...
...hotel discounts at the Sunset Key Guest Cottages in Key West from owner Ocean Properties Ltd., which was chosen by the county commission (and Mary McCarty) to build a downtown West Palm Beach hotel next to its convention center. McCarty faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison, while her husband could get as much as three years...