No Special Treatment: New Jersey prosecutors defended their plea deal with Ray Rice, the former Baltimore Ravens running back shown in a video punching his wife in the face. If Rice completes an anger management program and complies with other terms, the charges will be dropped and he won’t have a record of conviction, Bloomberg reports. “Mr. Rice received the same treatment by the criminal justice system in Atlantic County that any first-time offender has, in similar circumstances,” a spokesman for Atlantic County Prosecutor James McClain said.
Crime and Punishment: Sentences for insider trading are starting to rival that for crimes like robbery and assault. The New York Times examines what’s behind the “stiffer sentences for a crime committed by defendants who are often from the upper strata of society and whose victims experienced no significant losses.”
