Ex-N.Y. State Senator Ordered Back to Jail
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A former state senator who was released after serving about three months of a one-year sentence in a bribery scheme was ordered back to jail Friday by a city commission.
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After years of false starts, state lawmakers voted Tuesday evening to reduce the steep mandatory prison sentences given to people convicted of drug crimes in New York State
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Accompanied by his wife and a longtime friend, former Illinois Gov. George Ryan avoided the media but not the inevitable Wednesday when he walked into prison to start serving a 6 1/2-year corruption sentence.
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An infamous cat burglar who stole millions is now back behind bars, writes Paul Harris in New York
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The former White House aide was sentenced to 2-1/2 years in jail, plus a fine of $250,000.
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MILFORD, Conn. - A New Haven man returned to the Milford courtroom where he mooned the judge and this time he left with more prison time...
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Gov. Eliot Spitzerâs communications director, a central figure in an attempt to use the State Police to embarrass the governorâs main rival, is expected to return to work.
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The former head of a Republican consulting group was sentenced Tuesday to five months in jail for jamming Democratic telephone lines in several New Hampshire cities during the 2002 election.
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A court Thursday handed out a prison sentence to a man accused of involvement to the 1998 murder of a liberal Russian lawmaker but set another convict free.
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Senator Larry E. Craig backed away from his earlier decision to resign on Sept. 30 and said he would await a judgeâs ruling on a motion to reverse his guilty plea in a sex sting.
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A federal judge slammed former Wall Street banking star Frank P. Quattrone Wednesday with an 18-month prison sentence for obstructing a federal securities investigation, ruling that the investment banker lied on the stand during his trial.
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Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to reverse his racketeering and fraud conviction, claiming he did not receive a fair trial.
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SANFORD, Fla. - A convicted felon was mistakenly released from state prison after serving only about half of his sentence on drugs and weapons charges. He was free 16 days before corrections officials realized their error and put him back behind bars.
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Ivan Wright became the first inmate convicted under New York's strict and recently overhauled Rockefeller drug laws to have the rest of his prison sentence set aside.
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Trey Anastasio spent two days in an upstate New York jail last week for missing a counseling session required after he pleaded guilty to a drug charge in April.
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A mayoral commission that granted early release to former State Senator Guy J. Velella has ordered him and four others to be returned to jail.
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A man jailed for plotting synchronised attacks in Britain and the United States returned Saturday to his cell after hospital treatment for severe injuries suffered in prison, police sources said.