"While some of these increases will be a direct consequence of the crimes reported as part of Operation Yewtree, there is evidence to suggest that there has been a wider 'Yewtree effect'.
When former Representative Todd Akin of Missouri and other Republican politicians betrayed outrageous ignorance of the meaning and consequences of the crime last year, Americans responded with a virtually uniform voice of reproof and disgust at their language.
Coastal states may exercise a limited degree of criminal jurisdiction with regard to foreign ships that are engaged in innocent passage through their territorial seas (e.g., in cases where the consequences of the crime alleged extend to the coastal state or where such measures are necessary for the suppression of the traffic of illicit drugs).
And that just is a fact of the crime and the consequences of the crime". In the lead-up to Thursday's hearing, Wattley said he was hopeful that the two-member panel would recognize his client's commitment to examining her offenses and reforming her behavior.
On Dec. 10, 2012, the U.S. government penalized it with a $327 million fine -- a paltry amount, considering the societal consequences of the crime and the zeal with which the government pursues financial criminals whose offenses are similar, yet on a far smaller scale.
But the presiding judge, Claude Jorda, in reading the judgment today said that the former banker and economist, "given his intellectual and professional abilities, was capable of understanding the consequences of the crimes he had admitted to".
