Justice

John Avarosis at Americablog points us to two headlines in today's NY Times.

War Protester Sentenced to 6 Months for Damaging Upstate Recruiting Station

By MICHELLE YORK
Published: January 24, 2006

BINGHAMTON, N.Y., Jan. 23 - Expressing doubt that incarceration would make the defendant reform or repent, a federal judge nevertheless sentenced an antiwar campaigner on Monday to serve six months in prison for his role in damaging a military recruiting center during a protest in 2003.

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No Prison Time for Soldier Held in Iraqi's Death

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: January 24, 2006

FORT CARSON, Colo., Jan. 23 (AP) - A military jury ordered a reprimand but no jail time Monday for an Army interrogator convicted of negligent homicide in the death of an Iraqi general who died after he stuffed him headfirst into a sleeping bag and sat on his chest.