Boy-killer says he can pick his sentence: convicted for the 1955 slaying of three boys, his lawyers say the lenient choice applies

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Defense attorneys for convicted triple-murderer Kenneth Hansen hope to use a loophole in Illinois sentencing laws to get their client out of prison within eight years. Hansen was recently convicted of first-degree murder in the case of three boys whose sexually molested bodies were found in Oct 1955, when Hansen was a 22-year-old stablehand. Under Illinois law, he can choose any sentencing laws that were in effect between the time of the crime and that of the conviction. His lawyers want to mix and match sentencing elements.

Sentences (Criminal procedure), Murder, Illinois, Hansen, Kenneth

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Is ban on pay to donors killing urge to give? Law disallows incentive for organ donors to register, argue lawyers and lobbyists

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Critics of the current method of allocating donor organs to transplant recipients say compensating donors or their families would help alleviate problems of scarcity and inequity. Currently donors cannot be paid in any way, though all others involved in transplants may profit handsomely. Patients are placed on regional waiting lists, which can create inequities among neighboring regions. Congress will reportedly consider three competing plans for improving the system.

Economic aspects, Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc., Organ transplantation, Tissue transplantation, Transplantation, Donation of organs, tissues, etc., Tissue donation

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Court: criminalizing Medicaid advice is illegal; a federal judge enjoins the ban on lawyers' revealing how to qualify for benefits

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A federal district court temporarily banned the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, finding that a provision criminalizing legal advice to the elderly about transferring their assets to qualify for Medicaid benefits probably denied a client's First Amendment right to counsel and lawyers' right to give legal advice.

Estate planning, Medicaid

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