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Ashcroft Orders Tally Of Lighter Sentences
Attorney General John D. Ashcroft has ordered U.S. attorneys across the country to become much more aggressive in reporting to the Justice Department cases in which federal judges impose lighter sentences than called for in sentencing guidelines. The directive, contained...
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11 Men, Two Views
U.S. authorities think otherwise. Last month, the government accused Royer and 10 other Muslim men of being part of a conspiracy to support "violent jihad" overseas. In the months after that June 2000 dinner, the indictment says, at least six...