“A price must be paid,” [U.S. District Judge James R.] Spencer said. “Unlike Pontius Pilate, I can’t wash my hands of it all. A meaningful sentence must be imposed.” The penalty is a win for defense attorneys, who had asked that the former governor be sentenced to mere community service even as prosecutors advocated for a prison term stretching longer than a decade. McDonnell will likely spend less time behind bars than he spent holding the state’s highest office; he can reduce his sentence by about 15 percent with good behavior. The U.S. probation office had determined that federal sentencing guidelines called for a term of incarceration between 10 years and a month and 12 years and seven months.
The penalty is a win for defense attorneys, who had asked that the former governor be sentenced to mere community service even as prosecutors advocated for a prison term stretching longer than a decade. McDonnell will likely spend less time behind bars than he spent holding the state’s highest office; he can reduce his sentence by about 15 percent with good behavior.
The U.S. probation office had determined that federal sentencing guidelines called for a term of incarceration between 10 years and a month and 12 years and seven months.
You could imagine the chilling effect on journalism if people elected to positions of power could shut down media inquiries they didn’t like by denying the reporter permission to write about them. Kirby Delauter, a county council member in Frederick County, Maryland, doesn’t appear to agree. He took to his Facebook page yesterday to denounce a local reporter, Bethany Rodgers of The Frederick News-Post, because he “did not authorize any use of my name.”
Kirby Delauter, a county council member in Frederick County, Maryland, doesn’t appear to agree. He took to his Facebook page yesterday to denounce a local reporter, Bethany Rodgers of The Frederick News-Post, because he “did not authorize any use of my name.”
Republican Jeb Bush will launch a political action committee on Tuesday that allows him to raise money for political activities as he considers a run for his party’s 2016 presidential nomination. The former Florida governor intends to file paperwork for the PAC, called “The Right to Rise,” on Tuesday, according to his spokeswoman Kristy Campbell.
The former Florida governor intends to file paperwork for the PAC, called “The Right to Rise,” on Tuesday, according to his spokeswoman Kristy Campbell.
Dear Obama Hater - You Just Wasted A Decade Of Your Life, by bernardpliers Senator Bernie Sanders: “The Trans-Pacific Trade (TPP) Agreement Must Be Defeated”, by bobswern Fox News Is OFF the Air and the Foul Odor of Deception has Ceased, by thinkingblue
Senator Bernie Sanders: “The Trans-Pacific Trade (TPP) Agreement Must Be Defeated”, by bobswern
Fox News Is OFF the Air and the Foul Odor of Deception has Ceased, by thinkingblue
“Technically we are acting [rogue] … but look forward to being legal soon,” reads the website of Discreet Deliveries, which offers to drop off up to an ounce of marijuana to paying customers in Anchorage and the Matanuska Valley. […] “What he’s doing is not legal,” said Cynthia Franklin, director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, which is overseeing implementation of the initiative. “He could be criminally prosecuted.”
“What he’s doing is not legal,” said Cynthia Franklin, director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, which is overseeing implementation of the initiative. “He could be criminally prosecuted.”
In my end-of-year environmental justice roundup, scholar Robert Bullard said that large-scale environmental organizations need to declare 2015 the “year of diversity.” Some of those organizations are already working toward that, aided by the brain trust of the Green 2.0 working group and the comprehensive research of the University of Michigan’s Dorceta Taylor. One sign that times are changing: On Jan. 1, the Natural Resources Defense Council, one of the larger green groups in the nation, welcomed Rhea Suh as its new president. The daughter of Korean immigrants, Suh is among the first non-whites, and one of only a small handful of women, to serve as chief executive of a mainstream environmental group in the U.S.
One sign that times are changing: On Jan. 1, the Natural Resources Defense Council, one of the larger green groups in the nation, welcomed Rhea Suh as its new president. The daughter of Korean immigrants, Suh is among the first non-whites, and one of only a small handful of women, to serve as chief executive of a mainstream environmental group in the U.S.