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Madoff's tough spell
in Sox First, on July 1, 2009
...vengeance and it's not built on symbolism... 150 years is absurd under the guidelines under the sentencing statutes." Slate says there are good pragmatic and symbolic reasons for the sente...
Recession squeezes jails
in Sox First, on April 14, 2009
...wmakers across the United States are now considering budget cuts that would close prisons, loosen sentencing guidelines, slash probation terms, let offenders out early or allow them to trade in thei...
Judges Caught Taking Money For Sending Kids To Jail
in Exclusive from our news room , on February 12, 2009
...tion centers for children were kicking back substantial sums of money to the judges in exchange for sentencing kids to longer than normal sentences.
The detention centers were compensated by the stat...
Cracking down on cartels
in Sox First, on June 12, 2008
...alties have. Author professor Daniel Sokol offers a number of solutions including changes in the US Sentencing Guidelines....
Of Brain Cancer, Sen. Edward Kennedy and New American Idol David Cook
in Straightfromthedoc, on May 22, 2008
...s tumor cannot be removed he's back home from the hospital and that there is hope even how life sentencing brain cancer sound. The Senator is reportedly in high spirits, however grim the news can ...
Send Wesley Snipes to jail: prosecutors
in Sox First, on April 16, 2008
...ory sentence of three years plus a a fine of at least $5 million for Snipes. More details in this sentencing memorandum . US attorney Robert O'Neill pulls no punches. "Criminal tax prosecu...
Hedge Fund Bayou Group Founder Sentenced To 20 Years
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on April 15, 2008
...r finance chief was also sentenced to 20 years back in January .
The judge said of Israel at the sentencing, "You were, in every meaning of the sense, a career criminal, you ruined lives,...Fin...
Conrad Black loses appeal: it's jail on Monday
in Sox First, on February 29, 2008
...eparation from family and friends. "While Black has a taste for fine cuisine - days before his sentencing, the one-time newspaper baron ordered a roasted beet salad and a "duo of veal...
20 Years For Hedge Fund Fraud
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on January 30, 2008
... was also implicated in the conspiracy and was sentenced to 51 months in prison. Israel is awaiting sentencing.
"I am truly sorry," Marino said.
More at; Hedge Fund Finance Chief Sentence...
Mother of Hedge Fund Scam Artist Deported
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on January 21, 2008
...r prison term in November after getting credit for serving more than 14 months in prison before her sentencing. She is now in the custody of federal immigration officials.
More at; Hedge Fund Scam ...
News flash: Conrad Black to get between six to eight years in jail
in Sox First, on December 10, 2007
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In the lead-up to his sentencing, an unrepentant Conrad Black declared that jail would be a bore. Now he has just discovered he will have up to eight years of boredom behind bars. Judge Amy St Eve...
Successful Spammers To Get More Time in the Slammer
in I got Spam?!, on December 7, 2007
...rm done to an ISP by a spammer. The CAN-SPAM act allows a spammer's profits to be considered in sentencing when that financial harm can not be determined. A recent case in Denver , the United Sta...
Shorter jail term for the "spiritual" Conrad Black?
in Sox First, on November 29, 2007
...f 24-30 years in jail, Conrad Black might only be looking at four and a half years, if a secret pre-sentencing report is given any weight. The document, reports The Times , claims the scope of Black...
Early Christmas for Conrad Black?
in Sox First, on November 17, 2007
...bility of at least 15 years in jail, Black has won a 10-day postponement of his scheduled Nov. 30 sentencing. His lawyer Jeffrey Steinback had requested more time to review court documents. On one ...
More Conrad Black weirdness
in Sox First, on October 22, 2007
...atting up while his wife Barbara Amiel was in ear shot. Something to pass the time while he awaits sentencing for fraud and obstruction of justice on November 30....
Conrad Black - still fighting
in Sox First, on September 28, 2007
...g at a lengthy spell behind bars but Conrad Black's self-belief remains unshakeable. With his sentencing coming up in late November, Black resumed his column in the newspaper he created, th...
Black is black
in Sox First, on August 2, 2007
...cted media mogul Conrad Black has been told he is not allowed to go back to Canada prior to his sentencing on November 30. Black, who faces up to 35 years in jail, had asked to return to his ...
Neteller's Lawrence Agrees to Cooperate for Guilty Plea
in Internet Poker, on June 30, 2007
...n citizen, will be free to travel throughout the United States, Canada and the Bahamas, until his sentencing hearing. That hearing has been set for October 29th.
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BetonSports Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Charges
in The Gambling Weblog, on May 26, 2007
...o charge any past or present individual BetonSports PLC director, other than those already charged. Sentencing has been set for October 19, 2007.
This case is being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney...
Does the punishment fit the crime? Securities fraud and home invasion
in Sox First, on May 18, 2007
...odern times, a person's retirement account may be her castle.
"Amendments to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines also reflect a desire to punish more harshly
thefts that threaten the security...
Singapore Teen Pleads Guilty to Stealing Wi-Fi, May Get Probation
in The Wireless Weblog, on December 20, 2006
...n if he agrees."
According to The Inquirer's Nick Farrell , Tan has agreed, and a pre- sentencing report will follow next month .
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Skilling's day approaches
in Sox First, on October 21, 2006
...principal of securities law firm Zamansky & Associates told CNN Money . Douglas Berman's Sentencing Law and Policy blog raises some interesting questions that flow from Skilling's big ...
Fastow's sentence: the response
in Sox First, on September 29, 2006
Interesting to watch the response to the surprisingly lighter six year sentence imposed on former Enron CFO Andrew Fastow. Some days on, people are still trying to work it out, reports the Houston Chronicle . When Fastow had agreed to the 10 year sentence originally, he had given every...
Skilling and Fastow: different paths to D-Day
in Sox First, on September 25, 2006
...y Fastow are moving in very different directions in the image they are presenting to the court at sentencing ....
News flash: Ken Lay dies at 64
in Sox First, on July 5, 2006
...he negative perceptions so many people had of Ken Lay and also whether this impacts in some way the sentencing of former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling. I doubt the latter but I'm not sure about the f...
Newsflash! Enron's Lay, Skilling guilty
in Sox First, on May 25, 2006
Enron's Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling have been found guilty, in the latest news to hand.
The ethics industry
in Sox First, on November 21, 2005
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The ethics industry has been booming ever since the US Sentencing Commission ruled that one of the things courts had to take into consideration when bringing bad companies to book was whe...