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Maureen Downey, a wine-fraud consultant who worked with federal investigators on the Kurniawan case, says his sentence should have sent a warning to other would-be counterfeiters.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
If the attorney general and expert lawyers agree that the sentence is out of line with normal expectations for such a crime, they send the case to the Court of Appeal.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
“Rebecca Haro’s plea and sentence today reflect her sins of parental omission,” Asst.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
The broad language of the federal compassionate release statute allows for prisoners to file for relief from a lengthy sentence so long as rehabilitation alone does not provide the justification.
From Slate • May 29, 2026
It certainly wasn’t coming from Dreyfus, who was then serving a life sentence on Devil’s Island, Simon’s former home.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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PARCC: Language of the Test (Grade7)
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