John Walker Lindh Asks for Reduction in 20-Year Jail Term
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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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The attorney for American-born Taliban soldier John Walker Lindh wants his client's 20-year prison sentence commuted, citing the nation's heightened anxiety when the plea deal was made in 2002 and the fact that another U.S. citizen captured on an Afghanistan battlefield may soon be released.
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John Walker Lindh, the former San Anselmo man convicted of aiding the Taliban, asked President Bush yesterday to commute his 20-year prison term.
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BOULDER, Colo.  - Lawyers for JonBenet Ramsey   murder suspect John Mark Karr asked a judge on Friday to stop   prosecutors, at least for now, from testing DNA from the   schoolteacher or forensic evidence in the decade-old case.
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By Larry Sandler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  Jun. 14--The lawyer for one of Ald. Michael McGee's unsuccessful recall election opponents has filed formal charges asking the Milwaukee Common Council to open impeachment proceedings against the jailed alderman.
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Sweden's Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the man convicted of murdering Foreign Minister Anna Lindh will serve his sentence in prison rather than in psychiatric care, reversing a contentious decision by a lower court.
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A judge said Monday that she will consider a defense request to dismiss child pornography possession charges against one-time JonBenet Ramsey murder suspect John Mark Karr.
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The lawyer for an American  sentenced to 20 years in a U.S. prison for fighting with the  Taliban in Afghanistan appealed to President Bush to lessen his  sentence after a man in a similar case was freed.
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Leading Myanmar activists arrested in a crackdown by ruling generals on a rare series of protests are in the infamous Insein prison, suggesting they may indeed be tried and face 20 years in jail, a relative said on Sunday.
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The attorney for American-born Taliban soldier John Walker Lindh says Lindh's case should be reconsidered now that another U.S. citizen captured on an Afghanistan battlefield may soon be released.
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Christopher F. Calger, a former vice president said his guilty plea should be withdrawn because he did what his supervisors asked him to do for EnronÂs benefit.
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John Walker Lindh asked President Bush on Tuesday to commute his 20-year prison sentence for aiding the Taliban. His lawyer, James Brosnahan, said that Lindh was fighting
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Description: The Justice Department asks a federal judge to throw out convictions against a suspected terrorist cell in Detroit, citing prosecutorial misconduct.
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The son of a former governor and senator was sentenced to 20 days in jail for threatening his relatives during a land dispute, going so far as to tell them from the witness stand, "I do wish you were all dead."
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Actor Tom Sizemore has his 16-month prison sentence for violating probation in a drugs case reduced by half.
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Lawyers for former deputy interior secretary J. Steven Griles have asked a federal judge to turn aside the government's recommendation of jail time for their client in favor of three months of home detention when he is sentenced next week on a felony charge of obstructing the Senate's investigation...
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SAN FRANCISCO - John Walker Lindh asked President Bush on Tuesday to commute his 20-year prison sentence for aiding the Taliban.    His lawyer, James Brosnahan, said that Lindh was fighting alongside the Taliban in a civil war against the Northern Alliance, that he is not a terrorist and that he never fought against U.S...