Against this background, the information-deprived defense lawyer, typically within a few days after the arrest, meets with the overconfident prosecutor, who makes clear that, unless the case can be promptly resolved by a plea bargain, he intends to charge the defendant with the most severe offenses he can prove.

“While the law was designed to crack down on major drug criminals, an LNP review of hundreds of recent forfeiture files show it’s more often used against low-level dealers, casual users — and sometimes people never charged with a crime.”

“We are seeing better Republican numbers and we are seeing traction on tax issues,” said Muhlenberg College pollster and political science professor Chris Borick.

They should result in tens of thousands of federal prisoners seeing their sentences cut and being released early, as well as ensuring that future offenders are not sentenced so harshly.

One can only imagine what will be going through Tom Corbett’s head, if not now, then in days to come concerning how he misplayed his hand in trying to avoid public criticism for his mishandling of the Jerry Sandusky pedophile investigation.

Yes, the number of uninsured has fallen significantly.

Obama needs to explain that he needs the election of every Democrat candidate for Senate and House to help him further and achieve during the last two years of his administration which we have strived for during the initial six years.

Their outrage over the report, which became the foundation for an agreement on sanctions for the university by the NCAA, fueled campaigns to elect nine new alumni members to Penn State’s board of trustees and continues to drive efforts to investigate the Freeh investigation itself.

Just a couple of years ago, this tiny country that’s squeezed between Brazil and Argentina found itself in the same position as so many of its Latin-American neighbors. Abortion was illegal. Gay marriage was illegal. Marijuana was not tolerated.