Attorney General Eric Holder today testified before the U.S. Sentencing Commission and endorsed less strict sentencing for most drug offenders. A proposal by the commission outlined in January and would lower the base offense matched to drug trafficking quantities by…
Sister Megan Rice, A Nun Facing Life In Prison
Sister Megan Rice is an 83-year-old Catholic nun who will likely be spending the rest of her life in prison. Her and two other peace activists were protesting a nuclear power plant when they took it a little further than…
Alabama Terrorism: Two Men Receive Maximum Sentence
Alabama seems an unlikely place for overseas terrorism, but this case proves that you never know where it can occur. Reuters tells us that Randy “Rasheed” Wilson and Mohammad Abdul Rahman Abukhdair were each sentenced to 15 years in prison…
Dolce & Gabbana Sentencing: Taxes Too Expensive
A $193 tank top? A $795 belt? A $298 foulard? (For what it’s worth, “foulard” is hoity-toity for “scarf.”) All that money had to end up someplace. But as far as the Italian government is concerned, it didn’t go to…
‘Bishop’ Gets 37 Years For Pipe Bombs
A letter carrier whose calling card was “The Bishop” was sentenced this week for mailing pipe bombs to investment firms. According to an Associated Press report, John Tomkins of Iowa was sentenced to 37 years in prison this week for…
Shooter T.J. Lane Wears ‘Killer’ T-shirt to Court, Flips Off Victims’ Families
Note: This post contains strong language. Convicted murderer T.J. Lane was sentenced to life in prison for the 2012 murder of three high school students in the Ohio town of Chardon. According to an Associated Press report, the 17-year-old Lane,…