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...five months after the conviction, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the state??s highest court, handed down a ruling allowing juries to consider a victim’s violent history in self-defense cases, even if the parties did not know each other beforehand...
...five months after his conviction, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC), the state??s highest court, handed down a ruling allowing juries to consider a victim’s violent history in self-defense cases, even if the parties did not know each other beforehand. Colono’s violent history was excluded from the original trial. Pring-Wilson’s lawyers appealed and in 2005 Judge Regina L. Quinlan overturned Pring-Wilson’s conviction and called for a new trial. The prosecution appealed Quinlan’s decision but the SJC upheld...
...made a lot of errors.”Down a break in the second set, Nguyen ratcheted up his level of play. But his surge was not enough to overcome Nedovyesov, who held out to win the second set, 6-3.In the consolation draw, Nguyen faced Ohio State??s preseason No. 6 Bryan Koniecko, who had been upset in the opening round. Overwhelmed by Koniecko’s spinless lasers, Nguyen was bageled, 6-0, in the first set. He bounced back to win the second set, 7-5, but could not hang onto his momentum, and lost...
...Last winter, it had to cut electrical power to fast-growing industries to avoid leaving homes without heating. But because this year is a (re)election year for the governing couple, the obscure ministries of Social Development and Federal Planning now take charge of more than half of the state??s budget. To make things even worse, President Kirchner has amended laws to give his cabinet discretionary power over budgetary allocations without bothering with the legislature. According to many, the government has also tweaked price indexes, as if discourse could influence the tangible reality of inflationary pressures...
...Under the bill, Massachusetts would use its power as a shareholder in companies that operate in the country to pressure Myanmar’s military junta to restore democracy. The state employee retirement fund owns stocks in Chevron Corporation, the only known corporation with ties to Myanmar in the state??s portfolio, according to Rushing, formerly of the Class of 1964. The bill would require the State Treasurer to investigate and divulge the state??s other investments in Myanmar. “When you have socially responsible investor resolutions, it’s very rare that...