Short Circuit - Taser the Messenger - Reporter Now Protester?

"Don't Tase me Bro!"

GAINESVILLE - According to the AP, a college student who was passionately questioning Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., was tasered after posing difficult questions. A UF student posed questions about impeaching President Bush, why Kerry didn't challenge the 2004 election results and why he and Bush were members of the secret society Skull and Bones at Yale University. The student yelled, "Don't Tase me, bro!" and was then hit with voltage until he shut up.

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Civil Rights Lawyer Tampa Florida - Settlement in anti-Bush T-shirt Case

Presidential Advance Manual Authorized Removal of Citizens

A couple arrested at a rally after refusing to cover T-shirts that bore anti-President Bush slogans settled their lawsuit against the federal government for $80,000, the American Civil Liberties Union announced Thursday. The couple were handcuffed and removed from the July 4, 2004, rally at the state Capitol, where Bush gave a speech.

The front of the T-shirts bore the international symbol for “no” superimposed over the word “Bush.” The back of the T-shirt said “Love America, Hate Bush.” On the back of the other T-shirt was the message “Regime Change Starts at Home.” Sources close to the case reported that a presidential advance manual tries to exclude dissenters from the president’s appearances. “As a last resort,” the manual says, “security should remove the demonstrators from the event.”

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Positive Commission Vote on Crack Retroactivity

The United States Sentencing Commission USSC voted today to make the new crack amendment retroactive. The retroactivity of this amendment, however, is not until March 3, 2008. The Commission also promulgated an application note intended to restrict resentencings solely to the two level reduction. The Sentencing Commission issued a lengthy press release today. It can be found at: http://www.ussc.gov/.

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Crack Sentencing Guidelines Retroactive

Defense attorneys and defendants across the United States will praise the U.S. Sentencing Commission USSC for allowing prisoners serving crack cocaine sentences to seek sentence reductions under the Sentencing Guidelines that went into effect on November 1. Retroactivity will affect 19,500 federal prisoners, almost 2,520 of whom could be eligible for early release in the first year. Federal courts will administer the application of the retroactive guideline, which is not automatic.

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Sentencing Guidelines Retroactive

Sentencing Crack Guidelines - Federal Cases - United States Sentencing Commission

The Supreme Court issued decisions in three important cases: Kimbrough, Gall and Watson. In Kimbrough, the court held that a sentencing court had the authority to reject the 100 to 1 crack ratio in determining a reasonable sentence under the Booker analysis. The case gives great deference to the findings of the United States Sentencing Commission regarding the crack/powder disparity. The Sentencing Commission has recently suggested that a 20 to 1 ratio would be appropriate. As a result, it is important that, if you have any crack sentencing cases coming up in the near future, you may want to continue the sentencing so that you can you can address the crack/powder ratio issue in light of the Court's holding in Kimbrough.

Additionally, a reminder that the Sentencing Commission will be meeting today to discuss the retroactivity of the new crack amendment.

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