The United States Sentencing Commission is an independent agency of the judicial branch of the U.S. federal government. It is responsible for articulating the U.S. Federal Sentencing Guidelines for the federal courts. The Commission promulgates the Federal Sentencing Guidelines,which replaced the prior system of indeterminate sentencing that allowed trial judges to give sentences ranging from probation to the maximum statutory punishment for the offense. It is headquartered in Washington,D.C.
Ahmed Omar Abu Ali is an American who was convicted of providing material support to the al-Qaeda terrorist network and conspiracy to assassinate United States President George W. Bush. His case has been the subject of criticism due to the federal government admitting evidence from alleged torture during Ali's extraordinary rendition.
The United States District Court for the Western District of Texas is a federal district court. The court convenes in San Antonio with divisions in Austin,Del Rio,El Paso,Midland,Pecos,and Waco. It has jurisdiction in over 50 Trans-Pecos,Permian Basin,and Hill Country counties of the U.S. state of Texas. This district covers over 92,000 square miles (240,000 km2) and seven divisions.
Fourteen Words is a reference to two slogans originated by David Eden Lane,one of nine founding members of the defunct white separatist terrorist organization The Order,and are accompanied by Lane's "88 Precepts". The slogans have served as a rallying cry for militant white nationalists internationally.
Denny Chin is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit,based in New York City. He was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York before joining the federal appeals bench. President Bill Clinton nominated Chin to the district court on March 24,1994,and Chin was confirmed August 9 of that same year. On October 6,2009,President Barack Obama nominated Chin to the Second Circuit. He was confirmed on April 22,2010,by the United States Senate,filling the vacancy created by Judge Robert D. Sack who assumed senior status. Chin was the first Asian American appointed as a United States District Judge outside of the Ninth Circuit.
In 1985,a group of high-ranking Rajneeshees,followers of the Indian mystic Shree Rajneesh,conspired to assassinate Charles Turner,the then-United States Attorney for the District of Oregon. Rajneesh's personal secretary and second-in-command,Ma Anand Sheela,assembled the group after Turner was appointed to investigate illegal activity at the followers' community,Rajneeshpuram. Turner investigated charges of immigration fraud and sham marriages,and later headed the federal prosecution of the 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack in The Dalles,Oregon.
The Barack Obama assassination plot in Tennessee was a plot by Paul Schlesselman and Daniel Cowart to assassinate Barack Obama,who was then the 2008 Democratic Party presidential nominee. The two men—both Neo-Nazi white power skinheads—spoke of killing Obama during a planned murder spree of 88 African Americans in Tennessee,14 of whom were to be beheaded,many of whom were young students at an unidentified,predominantly black school.
Jack Tarpley Camp Jr. is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. A Republican,he was nominated by Ronald Reagan,and retired from the bench in November 2010 after pleading guilty to drug related charges,including a felony count for giving a stripper cocaine even though he knew she was a convicted felon.
Julie Elizabeth Carnes is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Bernice Bouie Donald is an American lawyer and former judge who served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit from 2011 to 2023. She previously served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee from 1995 to 2011.
Kathy Jane Branstetter Stranch is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Barack Obama,the 44th president of the United States,was involved in multiple security incidents,including several assassination threats and plots,starting from when he became a presidential candidate in 2007. Secret Service protection for Obama began after he received a death threat in 2007,while serving as the junior United States senator from Illinois and running for president. This marked the earliest time a candidate received such protection before being nominated. Security was increased early for Obama due to fears of possible assassination attempts by white supremacist or other racist groups or individuals against the first African American major party presidential nominee.
Amy Sauber Berman Jackson is an American attorney and jurist serving as a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Richard Brooke Jackson known professionally as R. Brooke Jackson,is a senior United States District Judge serving on the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. Jackson formerly served as a Colorado state judge.
David Campos Guaderrama is a Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.
On 11 October 2011,United States officials alleged there was a plot tied to the Iranian government to assassinate Saudi ambassador Adel al-Jubeir in the United States. The plot was referred to as the "Iran assassination plot" or the "Iran terror plot" in the media,while the Federal Bureau of Investigation named the case "Operation Red Coalition". Iranian nationals Manssor Arbabsiar and Gholam Shakuri were charged on 11 October 2011 in federal court in New York with plotting to assassinate Al-Jubeir. According to U.S. officials,the two planned to kill Al-Jubeir at a restaurant with a bomb and subsequently bomb the Saudi embassy and the Israeli embassy in Washington,D.C. Bombings in Buenos Aires were also discussed. Arbabsiar was arrested on 29 September 2011 at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York while Shakuri remained at large. On 24 October 2011,Arbabsiar pleaded not guilty. In May 2013,after pleading guilty,Arbabsiar was sentenced to 25-years imprisonment.
John Thomas Fowlkes Jr. is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.
The Federal Correctional Institution,Oakdale is a low-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Louisiana. It is part of the Oakdale Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) and operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons,a division of the United States Department of Justice.
Luis Felipe Restrepo,known commonly as L. Felipe Restrepo,is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the United States Sentencing Commission.
Richard Franklin Boulware II is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada and former assistant Federal Public Defender.
