Weekend Series on Crime History: Enron
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxd9AeXft64 WEEKEND STORIES OF INTEREST Prosecutors Ask Court to Uphold Ex-Congressman Jefferson’s Conviction (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
March 2011
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Ex-Fed Judge in Atlanta Linked to Stripper Gets 30 Days in Prison
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-Atlanta U.S. District Judge Jack Camp, who embarrassed the judiciary and created a scandal by buying drugs for a stripper he was having an affair with, was sentenced Friday to 30 days in prison and 400 hours of community service, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. The paper reported that Senior U.S. District…
Man Once Accused of Stabbing Boston Celtics Star Gets 30 Years For Trying to Murder DEA Informant
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A man once accused of stabbing Boston Celtics star Paul Pierce was sentenced Thursday in Boston federal court to 30 years in prison for attempting to kill a DEA informant, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Trevor A. Watson, 44, of Boston, was found guilty in December in U.S. District Court in…
13 Somalis and 1 Yemini Pirate Indicted in Deaths of 4 Off Somali Coast
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HBO Star from “The Wire” Arrested in Baltimore in Major Drug Bust by DEA and Locals
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Justice Dept. Has to Read Prosecutor’s Hot Sex Scenes
By Allan Lengel For AOL News WASHINGTON — Officials in the buttoned-down world of the U.S. Department of Justice, accustomed to dull legal briefs and just-the-facts indictments, are getting a dose of steamy sex scenes on their reading list. That’s because assistant U.S. Attorney Allison Leotta, a D.C. sex crimes prosecutor, recently landed a three-book…
2 NY Lawmakers Among 8 Indicted in Bribery Schemes
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Some of our politicians simply refuse to let us down when it comes to the negative stereotype. The FBI on Thursday announced indictments against N.Y. State Senator Carl Kruger and Assemblyman William F. Boyland Jr. on charges of accepting bribes in exchange for official acts as lawmakers. The two lawmakers were…