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Citing "Overwhelming" evidence, a U.S. district judge wrapped up one of the Bush Administration's most embarrassing episodes by giving I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby, Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, 2 1/2 years in prison for lying to federal investigators about his role in the leak of CIA officer Valerie Plame's identity. The sentence is longer than the minimum recommended by federal guidelines, and the judge said he sees no likely justification for an appeal. Libby, 56, the highest-ranking White House official to be convicted of a felony since Iran-contra, could go to jail within...
When I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was sentenced Tuesday to a surprisingly long term of 30 months in prison for perjury and obstruction of justice, he became a victim of one of the most troubling aspects of federal sentencing laws - allowing harsher sentences for a crime that was never actually proven...
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When United States District Judge Reggie Walton sentences I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby Tuesday for perjury and obstruction of justice, watch how he handles one of the most troubling aspects of federal sentencing law: allowing a harsher sentence for a crime that was never proven...
...tomboy from Fried Green Tomatoes makes her directorial debut with a drama about two rural New York families connected by secrets, starring Bruce Dern, Kristen Stewart and Aaron Stanford (above, on scooter...