Among the work he has published in prestigious peer-reviewed journals are a series of papers on crime and punishment, drug-gang finance, penalty kicks in soccer, money and elections, drunken driving, and the effect of ideology as opposed to voter preferences on the policies supported by politicians.
Federal law requires publicly traded companies and government entities like school districts to keep accurate count of capital assets; depending on the circumstances, they could lose federal financing, face tax penalties and, in extreme cases, criminal charges for failing to do so.
Others include withdrawing passports of suspects who pose a risk to public safety, freezing the assets of those suspected of financing terrorism, strengthening penalties for terrorist activity, improving monitoring of those believed to be foreign fighters and training prison staff to combat radicalization of inmates.
A divided Georgia Supreme Court will allow a capital murder case to go forward despite the defendant's claims that a lack of state financing for death penalty lawyers deprived him of access to effective counsel and a speedy trial.
One of them is Maurie Levin, who runs a one-person branch of the Texas Defender Service in Austin that handles death penalty appeals, with financing from the American Bar Association's Death Penalty Representation Project.
Mr. Bruno's proposal would require increased public disclosure of campaign contributions, step up enforcement of campaign finance rules and increase penalties for violations.
The experts also say the Web site and its link may also violate campaign finance laws that impose penalties for soliciting campaign contributions from government property.
The first is a fiscal-responsibility law, designed to make permanent a recent improvement in the public finances by imposing criminal penalties on any office-holder, from mayors to the president himself, who spends beyond his means.
In the United States, Soros foundations spend $90 million a year on such efforts as distributing the "morning after" pill to women to prevent unwanted pregnancies, opposing the death penalty, and financing post-Sept.
The benefits include no credit checks, financing applications, or pre-payment penalties, but be prepared for a significantly higher interest rate.
