Sterilization ordered for child abuser; from Tennessee to Texas, judges order procedure when defendants volunteer

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Courts sometimes order sterilization as part of a child molestation sentence, but these orders are usually overturned on appeal. The 1942 US Supreme Court case of Skinner v Oklahoma ruled that compulsory sterilization was a civil rights violation. Tennessee prosecutors are claiming that the sentence in Tennessee v Gross requiring sterilization as a condition of probation is legal because the defendant voluntarily agreed to that punishment.

Sentences (Criminal procedure), Sterilization, Eugenic, Involuntary sterilization, Child sexual abuse

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How Shoob derailed a plea; after judge questions case against bank official, investigations follow

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Federal judge Marvin Shoob is handling the government case against Christopher Drogoul, former official of the Banca Nazionale del Lavoro accused of handling $5 billion in illegal loans to Iraq. He gives some credence to Drogoul's contention that the CIA knew of the loans and that Drogoul's bank superiors in Rome approved of his actions. He is looking into the existence of a possible coverup.

Investigations, Practice, Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, Drogoul, Christopher P., Shoob, Marvin H.

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Banning bargaining; Tyler, Texas, judges order a stop to plea agreements

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Three district judges in Tyler, Texas, have banned the use of plea bargaining in their court. The ban is a response to the judges' feeling that plea bargaining takes sentencing out of their hands, and to the public's uneasiness with the practice. The judges report no increase in trials, but local trial lawyers feel the ban will inevitably lead to more trials.

Laws, regulations and rules, Plea bargaining, Tyler, Texas

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