Sentencing reset for man in Fast and Furious case

AP
July 27, 2012

A judge has reset the sentencing date for a man convicted of participating in a gun smuggling ring that was being monitored in the government’s botched investigation known as Operation Fast and Furious.

U.S. District James Teilborg reset Joshua David Moore’s sentencing for Sept. 26.

[...]

So far, 11 people in what the government says was a 20-member smuggling ring have pleaded guilty.

Read full article

Briton with locked-in syndrome wants right to die

LONDON (AP) – Former rugby player Tony Nicklinson had a high-flying job as a corporate manager in Dubai, where he went skydiving and bridge-climbing in his free time.

Seven years ago, he suffered a paralyzing stroke. Today he can only move his head, cannot speak and needs constant care.

And he wants to die.

To try to ensure that whoever ends his life won’t be jailed, the 57-year-old Nicklinson recently asked Britain’s High [...]

MUSHARRAF TO BE ARRESTED

From Bloomberg:

Pervez Musharraf, who resigned as Pakistan’s president in 2008, will be arrested on arrival in the country later this month, the Press Trust of India reported, citing a prosecutor.

Musharraf is a “proclaimed offender” and there’s no need for a warrant for this arrest, PTI reported today, citing Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali, prosecutor at the Federal Investigation Agency. Musharraf lives in Dubai and London and plans to return to Pakistan on Jan. 25 or [...]

Galliano guilty in anti-Semitism case – AP

PARIS (AP) — A Paris court has convicted former Christian Dior designer John Galliano for making anti-Semitic insults and gave him a suspended sentence of euro6,000 ($8,400) in fines.

Galliano was given no prison time. He does not have to pay the fine. He didn’t attend Thursday’s court proceedings.

The Paris court found him guilty of “public insults based on origin, religious affiliation, race or ethnicity” stemming [...]

2 new suspects arrested in Giants fan beating

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Two new suspects have been arrested in the beating of a San Francisco Giants fan outside Dodger Stadium and the original suspect may well be exonerated, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press on Thursday.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing, said that if prosecutors file a case against the men, the 31-year-old suspect [...]