Law chief asks to keep crack dealers in jail
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The top U.S. law enforcement official will ask Congress on Thursday to block the early release of most convicted crack-cocaine dealers eligible for shorter sentences under a recent federal agency's decision.
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_ Former star investment banker Frank Quattrone asked a federal appeals court Wednesday to let him stay out of prison while he appeals his conviction on obstruction-of-justice charges.
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A judge threatened to jail the head of the state Department of Children &amp; Families if the agency can't explain why it consistently has failed to get mentally ill jail inmates into psychiatric treatment.
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Chairman of Prison Officers' Association refuses to discount possibility of further action.
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Prosecutors are asking a federal magistrate to keep a doctor and his nurse wife in jail pending trial on charges they operated a "pill mill" that allegedly caused the overdose deaths of at least four patients.
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Attorneys for John Walker Lindh, the Californian convicted of fighting for the Taliban in Afghanistan, asked President Bush on Tuesday to commute Lindh&#39;s 20-year prison sentence.
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Zimbabwe's main opposition party has filed a high court petition calling for the jailing of police chiefs who ordered the break-up of a rally which had been given the go-ahead, their lawyer said Wednesday.
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Governors told to move as many inmates as possible to open jails in response to prison overcrowding
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ATLANTA - Lawyers for Baltimore Ravens running back Jamal Lewis are negotiating a plea deal in his drug conspiracy case that would allow him to serve jail time in the offseason, a source close to the case told The Associated Press on Saturday.    Under a deal being discussed with federal prosecutors, Lewis would serve four to six months - possibly split between jail and a halfway house - after the season, said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity...
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The final man jailed in the O.J. Simpson armed robbery case posted bail, and a lawyer for one his co-defendants asked prosecutors Monday for all materials related to the sports memorabilia heist.
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In Phoenix, the players&#39; union chief sees progress in talks for tougher drug standards, but no deal yet. PHOENIX - As players gathered here for their annual union executive board meeting, baseball commissioner
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The man in charge of a series of raids says they delivered a "huge blow" against the illegal drugs industry.
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Lawyers for John Walker Lindh, the 23- year-old Californian serving a 20-year sentence for helping the Taliban in Afghanistan, will ask President George W. Bush to reduce Lindh&#39;s sentence.
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Former Credit Suisse First Boston banker Frank Quattrone asked a federal judge Tuesday to allow him to remain free while he appeals his conviction for obstructing justice.
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Home Secretary John Reid, who is trying to stop a wave of gun crime that has left four people dead in three weeks, said Thursday that the government may demand harsher sentences for gunmen who are also gang members.
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Lawyers representing disgraced Olympic sprinter Marion Jones have asked a federal judge to sentence her to probation rather than time in prison.
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The chairman of the Yesha Council of Jewish settlements has called on the public to violate the transfer law, en masse, and to be ready to pay the price of mass imprisonment.