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People driven to kill their partners after years of domestic abuse could get lighter sentences under a new “Sally’s law” announced by justice ministers.
U.s. foreign policy and doj, they're all trumpers. do you think that's any mitigating factor to how a trial is received by the country? >> one of the strokes of genius of the january 6th committee was how absolutely firm and resolute they were in presenting witnesses who were republicans and pro-trump acolytes who had rushed to work for him. the list you gave included several. the witnesses that they presented testified about their horror about what happened on january 6th, the horror at realizing that the president of the united states was not going to try to stop or influence in any way a bl...
Global, moral leadership in defense of human rights. that should have included refusing to transfer cluster munitions which hold a serious risk of harm to civilians. joining me now, ben rhodes and "new york times" diplomatic correspondent, michael crowley. ben, you're well practiced in this space. what do you see as the diplomatic pitfalls for the biden administration? seems like the civilians at risk, ukrainians, seems to be a mitigating factor. >> i think this is happening now for a couple of reasons. first, there are clearly shortages of ammunition and we've seen this ukrainian counteroffen...
I want to point out the other thing that matters in addition to the jury, in addition to the facts, is what prosecutors, similar cases that prosecutors have charged, and there is a very strong trail of this justice department and prior justice departments charging individuals for illegally retaining and concealing government information. >> to stay with you for a moment because i want to hear barbara's analysis as well. having works for merrick garland and worked in that department, do you sense that supreme court case that is still active right now, like we don't know how that's going to go, ...
The consideration of are you liable, did you commit the offence? it is a consideration possibly at sentencing in terms of a mitigating factor for, unlike say and edward snowden this individual does not appear to have intended this to be disseminated outside the discord channel, it doesn't change whether he is criminally liable but it is a consideration that could mitigate a criminal sentence which could be tens upon tens of years depending on the number of documents ultimately he leapt. i number of documents ultimately he lea t. ., ., number of documents ultimately he leat. ., ., ., ., he leap...