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Adel, Ia. — Former Iowa Hawkeye Pierre Pierce, who avoided a jail sentence
in 2002 after being accused of sexual assault and was given a second chance to
play big-time college basketball, was ordered to prison Friday for assaulting
and terrorizing a former girlfriend in January....
...Hulse rejected a defense appeal for a deferred judgment or suspended
sentence. He noted that Pierce had received no jail time after pleading guilty
in 2002 of assault causing injury in an alleged sexual assault case in Iowa
City.To allow a deferred judgment "would seriously depreciate the seriousness of
these offenses," Hulse said. "The defendant is in need of correctional
assistance, which can most effectively be provided by confinement." Continue
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empirical- ADJECTIVE: Relying on or derived from observation or experiment: empirical results that supported the hypothesis. Verifiable or provable by means of observation or experiment: empirical laws. Guided by practical experience and not theory, especially in medicine Kennedy hate crimes rider may doom Hatch's sex offender bill By Robert Gehrke The Salt Lake Tribune WASHINGTON - A fight over federal hate crimes legislation could torpedo Sen. Orrin Hatch's push to strengthen the nation's sex-offender registries and clamp down on sex crimes. The Senate Judiciary Committee gave quick, unanimous approval to Hatch's bill Thursday, clearing its way for consideration by the full Senate. But Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., said he plans to try to attach language to a bill that would require tougher sentences, provide federal assistance and offer grants to prosecute hate crimes - those motivated by hatred for a race, religion, gender or sexual orientation. The White ...
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