Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Criminal Law Blogs -> Sentencing Law and Policy

OR PHONE (866) 635-1838 for Bankruptcy Help, (866) 635-6190 for Divorce,
(866) 635-2689 for Personal Injury or (866) 635-9402 for Criminal Defense

Find a Local Lawyer

Bankruptcy (866) 635-1838
Divorce (866) 635-6190
Personal Injury (866) 635-2689
Criminal Defense (866) 635-9402

Criminal Law

: Sentencing Law and Policy

Can Congress help move the double-condemned to the front of the execution line?

By Douglas A. Berman

ADVERTISEMENTS

A helpful reader pointed me to this interesting local story from the Washington Post, headlined "Two Death Sentences In '88 Fairfax Killings." Here are snippets:A Fairfax County judge yesterday handed Alfredo R. Prieto two death sentences in the slayings of a young couple 20 years ago, saying he could not fathom "the desperation, horror and sheer terror" Prieto inflicted on them in a field near Reston. "On the night you executed them," Fairfax Circuit Court Judge Randy I. Bellows told Prieto, "you turned the final moments of their life into what could be described as a living hell." Prieto, 42, was convicted in February of the rape and murder of Rachael A. Raver and the murder of Warren H. Fulton III, both 22, in December 1988...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on May 26, 2008 (boomark / email).

Lawsuits and Settlements

Condemned Redevelopment
City of Baltimore agrees to $7.8 million property use dispute settlement with Warner Street Inc.

Lexus Inc. and Toyota Motor Sales Inc.
allegedly failed to correct problems with the front passenger air bag system in thousands of 2007 Lexus ES350 vehicles.

Digitek Recalled
the heart drug allegedly contains double the medication that it should

Air Line Bankruptcy
BCI Aircraft Leasing agrees to pay $600,000 settlement related to Delta Air Lines bankruptcy claims.

Merger Agreement Rejected
Finish Line and Genesco reach $175 million settlement in merger dispute.

Personal Property Taxes
Village of Romeo pays Ford Motor Company a $1.2 million settlement for double charging.

Related Searches