Only Jury has Power to Extend Sentences

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Federal prosecutors postponed Friday's sentencing of an anti- abortion activist once on the FBI's most wanted list, a reaction to an unexpected Supreme Court ruling that called into legal doubt sentencing practices used around the country.

Prosecutors in Philadelphia decided to ask a judge to put off sentencing Clayton Lee Waagner because it was unclear whether or how Thursday's ruling from the high court might affect that case and others.

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Only Jury has Power to Extend Sentences

"Everybody is trying to sort out the meaning of the decision," said Timothy Rice, th...

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