US judge stiffens sentence in obstruction case
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Quattrone told reporters after his sentencing that he could hold his head high because he was innocent. Picture:AP. Frank Quattrone, who made $US120 million ($A172 million) in 2000 as Credit
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A judge has delayed his ruling allowing felons to vote until after the Nov. 7 general election and until the state Supreme Court can review the issue.
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When a federal judge took four years off the prison sentence of former Enron Corp. finance chief Andrew S. Fastow last week, he surprised legal analysts, angered onetime employees and sparked anew a debate about just punishment for white-collar criminals.
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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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A judge refused Thursday to speed up the Republican challenge to the bitterly disputed Washington governor's election, handing a small victory to Democrats.
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A judge issued a final ruling that I. Lewis Libby Jr. would have to begin serving his 30-month prison sentence shortly, even before his appeals were exhausted.
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A federal judge peppered government lawyers Wednesday with pointed questions about the Bush administration&#39;s decision nearly three years ago to hold hundreds of foreigners
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A federal judge on Monday dealt a major setback to the Bush administration by halting as unlawful the military tribunal trial of a Guantanamo prisoner accused of being Osama bin Laden&#39;s bodyguard and driver.
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Michael Vick asked for leniency in a letter to the federal judge who sentenced him to 23 months in prison for a dogfighting conspiracy.
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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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A U.S. judge temporarily blocked the Commerce Department from imposing emergency restrictions on imports from China in a move that backs clothing retailers and opposes the wishes of domestic textile producers.
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A federal judge on Monday dealt a  major setback to the Bush administration by halting as unlawful  the military tribunal trial of a Guantanamo prisoner accused of  being Osama bin Laden's bodyguard and driver.
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A U.S. judge dealt a setback to the  Bush administration and ruled on Monday that the Guantanamo Bay  terrorism suspects can challenge their confinement and the  procedures in their military tribunal review process are  unconstitutional.
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A US judge&#39;s decision to halt the trial of a Guantanamo Bay detainee accused of being Osama bin Laden&#39;s driver may delay the case of Australian terrorist suspect David Hicks, lawyers for Hicks said.
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Procedural move would give judge more time to decide whether it's necessary to impose on Redmond a lengthier watchdog period, as recently advocated by a number of state prosecutors.
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Former key White House aide Lewis Libby, is due to be sentenced for  obstruction of justice and perjury.
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Furthering a story that began in 2000, the US Court of Appeals has ruled that US District Court judge operated outside the realm of his jurisdiction by attempting to rule on a case with international ramifications.