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...While the alleged crimes are not novel, the size and scope of Mr. Madoff's fraud are unprecedented," Dassin said. "As a result, Mr. Madoff faces 150 years in prison, mandatory restitution to the victims of his crimes, forfeiture of his ill-gotten gains and criminal fines. The government has not entered into any agreement with Mr. Madoff about his plea or sentencing. The filing of these charges does not end the matter. Our investigation is continuing...
...government's compelling interests in wartime justify restrictions on the scope of individual liberty.' JOHN YOO, Bush Administration Deputy Assistant Attorney General, in a secret 2001 memo recently made public that sought to defend greatly increased presidential powers...
...better than they possibly could be. Changing the basic assumptions behind the Budget means going through the entire document, program by program, and resetting the investments and returns on the investment for each one. The $1.75 trillion deficit would grow, or some programs would have to be cut. The scope of the national health care reform plan would have to be revised...
...held indefinitely. If evidence has been provided against a detainee, she should be brought to trial. International law dictates that the United States can hold captured combatants without trial until the end of an armed conflict. But, since the global war on terror is itself indefinite in scope and duration, the best option is to prosecute suspects in either U.S. courts—where they can still be convicted of conspiracy and judges may still decide they are too dangerous to release—or regular military courts if they are actual combatants, regardless of their nationality...
...beyond providing information about suicide and holding a dying person's hand. "If the equipment was purchased by the dying person and the only thing the group did was provide a manual on how to do it, that seems very minimal and like it might fall outside the scope of [the law]," says Ani Satz, a law professor at Emory University...