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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has nominated federal appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor to replace retiring Justice David Souter on the United States Supreme Court. The president chose a woman who, if confirmed, will become the first justice of Hispanic descent.
The president says he made his pick for a lifetime appointment to the […]

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WASHINGTON –Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, a Tanzanian national who has been held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility since September 2006, will be prosecuted in federal court in the United States pursuant to the March 12, 2001 superseding indictment currently pending against him in the Southern District of New York.
In accordance with […]

ATLANTA — Condemned murderer William Mize is scheduled for execution by lethal injection at 7 p.m. tonight at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson. Mize, a white supremacist, was sentenced to death in 1995 for killing Eddie Tucker.
Media witnesses for the execution are: Adam Thompson, Athens Banner Herald; Greg Bluestein, The Associated Press; Blake […]

WASHINGTON — Three brothers who were convicted of plotting to kill members of the U.S. military during an armed attack on a military base were sentenced today to life prison terms, Ralph J. Marra Jr., Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey; David Kris, Assistant Attorney General for National Security; and Janice K. […]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice is planning to drop charges against Ted Stevens.
“In connection with the post-trial litigation in United States v. Theodore F. Stevens, the Department of Justice has conducted a review of the case, including an examination of the extent of the disclosures provided to the defendant,” attorney General Eric Holder […]

WASHINGTON – A former State Department employee was sentenced today to 12 months of probation and ordered to perform 100 hours of community service for illegally accessing more than 150 confidential passport application files, Acting Assistant Attorney General Rita M. Glavin of the Criminal Division announced.
Dwayne F. Cross, 41, of Upper Marlboro, Md., was sentenced […]

By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 12, 2009 – As President Barack Obama considers deploying National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to control escalating violence, Arizona’s governor has requested about 250 more National Guard troops on its border with Mexico, and the Texas governor is considering a similar action.
“We’re going to examine whether, […]

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NEW YORK — Bernard L. Madoff pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to 11 felony counts related to a massive Ponzi scheme.
Madoff pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Denny Chin to securities fraud, investment adviser fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, three counts of money laundering, false statements, perjury, false filings with the U.S. […]

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WASHINGTON – Beverly L. Masek, a former elected member of the Alaska House of Representatives, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit bribery, Acting Assistant Attorney General Rita M. Glavin of the Criminal Division announced.
Masek, a Republican, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Ralph Beistline in Anchorage to one count of […]

WASHINGTON — Miguel Tejada, a Major League Baseball (MLB) player, has pled guilty to misrepresentations to a Congressional Committee investigating the wrongful use of steroids and other performance enhancing drugs in baseball, U.S. Attorney Jeffrey A. Taylor and Joseph Persichini, Jr., Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, announced.
Tejada, 34, of the […]