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• The Fed’s 3 New Sentences That Matter

  
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  The Federal Reserve announced the results of its latest all-important Open Markets Committee meeting on Wednesday afternoon, and theyre exactly the same as last months results—but with three important changes. The committees official statement reads that "economic growth will proceed at a moderate pace and the ...
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• Feeling like burning down some mosques in Portsmouth, anyone want to join me?’: Woman avoids jail after post-Woolwich Facebook comments – The Independent

  
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  “A 24-year-old woman who posted racist comments on Facebook following the death of Drummer Lee Rigby has avoided a jail sentence.” Full story The Independent, 14th June 2013 Source: www.independent.co.uk
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• World Briefing | The Americas: Ex-President of Argentina Sentenced

  
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  Former President Carlos Saúl Menem was sentenced to seven years in prison on Thursday for illegally smuggling weapons to Ecuador and Croatia in violation of international embargoes in the 1990s.        
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• "The Non-Redelegation Doctrine" with post-Booker sentencing in mind

  
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  Now available via SSRN is this intriguing new article from F. Andrew Hessick III and Carissa Byrne Hessick, which is titled simply "The Non-Redelegation Doctrine." Here is the abstract, which highlights why this article should be of special interest to sentencing fans: In United States v. Booker , the Court ...
  6 days ago

• SCOTUS holds in Davila judicial involvement in pleas subject to harmless error analysis

  
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  Via the fine folks at SCOTUSblog, here are the quick highlights from the one sentencing-related opinion handed down by the US Supreme Court this morning: US v. Davila . Opinion by Ginsburg for the Court. The decision of the Eleventh Circuit is vacated and remanded. There is a concurrence by Justice Scalia that ...
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• Arizona prosecutors say they are still planning to try again to get Jodi Arias sentenced to death

  
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  As reported in this Reuters article , a "top Arizona prosecutor said on Wednesday that the state still plans to seek the death penalty for convicted murderer Jodi Arias for killing her ex-boyfriend, after a jury deadlocked last month on whether she should be executed." Here is more: [T]he same eight-man, ...
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• Dr Seuss American Love Quotes

  
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  Dr Seuss American Love Quotes You know you’re in love when you don’t want to fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams. Dr. Seuss
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• National Briefing | Mid-Atlantic: Pennsylvania: Priest and Ex-Teacher Get Prison for Abuse

  
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  Exceeding sentencing guidelines, a judge gave prison terms to a Catholic priest and a former teacher in a sexual abuse case that brought down a Philadelphia church official.        
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• Bipartisan House Overcriminalization Task Force schedules first hearing for June 14

  
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  I learned via this NACDL press release that Representative Jim Sensenbrenner Chairman Sensenbrenner has scheduled the first hearing of the Overcriminalization Task Force for this Friday, June 14, 2013, at 9:00 a.m. at 2237 Rayburn House Office Building." Here is more background and details via the release: On May ...
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• Looking for female for cam and voice chat over Skype by Lover1234

  
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  The payment is high and you work from your home. must be sexy. must be willing to please. must know english. after you bid you need to mail me: a few sentences about yourself. photo of ID (must be 18+)… (Budget: $5-$50 USD, Jobs: Dating, XXX) Go to Source
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• Not surprisingly, early buzz about a possible plea for Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro

  
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  As reported in this USA Today article , headlined "Lawyer for Cleveland kidnap suspect hopes to avoid trial," an initial court appearance for Ariel Castro is already leading to talk of a possible plea in this high-profile case. Here are the basics: The man accused of kidnapping and holding three women for a ...
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• "What the Sentencing Commission Ought to Be Doing: Reducing Mass Incarceration"

  
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  The title of this post is the title of this notable new article by Judge Lynn Adelman available via SSRN.  With three new members of the US Sentencing Commission, the piece is especially timely, and here is the abstract: The United States presently incarcerates about 2.3 million people.  We imprison people at a ...
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• Sports Briefing | Pro Football: Lawyer for Former N.F.L. Star Asks for Leniency

  
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  The lawyer for the former N.F.L. star Chad Johnson said the backside pat Johnson gave him in court was not meant as disrespectful to a judge — and did not warrant 30 days in jail.        
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• Notable capital habeas echo from Firth Circuit after complaint about Judge Jones

  
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  As reported in this local piece , headlined "Chief Judge: New Panel Will Be Assigned to Consider Death Row Appeal; Execution still slated for tomorrow," there has now been at least one procedural consequence of the resent complaint filed against Fifth Circuit Judge Edith Jones concerning her comments at a law school ...
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• Celebrity injustice?: NFL player Chad Johnson gets 30-days in county jail for lawyer butt pat

  
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  As reported in this CNN piece , "Butt pat lands former NFL star Chad Johnson in jail," a low-level sentencing proceeding involving a high-profile defendant in Florida state court has become interesting fodder for debating courtroom decorum and celebrity justice. Here are the intriguing details: As an NFL player, ...
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• Teaser Tuesday!

  
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  Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading . Anyone can play along! Just do the following: • Grab your current read • Open to a random page • Share two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page • BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (Make sure that ...
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• Documenting problems with using electonic tracking for crime control in Colorado

  
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  The Denver Post recently published this lengthy article headlined "Electronic monitoring of Colorado parolees has pitfalls," which documents that the benefit GPS tracking may depend on who monitors the monitoring.  Here are exceprts: One sex-offender parolee hooked his GPS tracking device to his dogs collar so ...
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• Very Good Sentences -- Poverty Porn

  
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  Heres an interesting article about marketing for charities using "look-away" images. Its not animal-related, but some analogies may apply. There post is about "Poverty Porn".  Heres how they describe it: "Poverty Porn are words and images that elicit an emotional response by their sheer shock value. Images like ...
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• I need a skilled rewriter by Karinapopa

  
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  I’m looking for a freelancer (not a firm/company) with the following qualities: – perfect English (grammar, punctuation, sentences, everything) – English natives are advantaged – freelancers with… (Budget: $30-$250 USD, Jobs: Academic Writing, Article Rewriting, Articles, Ghostwriting, Technical Writing) Go ...
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• Kuwaiti teacher given 11-year sentence for Twitter criticism of government

  
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  Huda al Ajmi, 37, faces three separate charges, which together amount to the longest sentence for a crime of such a nature in Kuwait, according to the country’s political opposition groups. The charge for insulting the Emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Sabah, whom the constitution describes as ‘immune and inviolable’, ...
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