Character counts, according to sentencing court
A criminal defendant whose character and connections generated more fan mail than an Alexandria federal judge has seen in 25 years won a reduction of his guidelines sentence for obstruction of justice...
View ArticleTimes wins libel case
Self-promotion, especially on a matter of public interest, makes it very tough to win a libel case. That’s the clear, if hardly new, message from the 4th Circuit in Hatfill v. The New York Times Co....
View ArticleNot as conservative as it used to be
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, long considered the most reliably conservative of the federal appellate courts, is beginning to look more like the U.S. Supreme Court, at least on terrorism...
View ArticleTerrorist sentenced to life
A Virginia man convicted of plotting to kill President George W. Bush was sentenced to life in prison yesterday. The Washington Post reports that Ahmed Omar Abu Ali of Falls Church was convicted in...
View Article4th Circuit rejects Moussaoui appeal
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed today the conviction and life sentence of Zacarias Moussaoui on charges related to the terrorist attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center on Sept....
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