By John Solomon
How the government's punishing of the exposure of official wrongdoing can linger for years
A man charged with plotting to blow up synagogues in New York City has pleaded guilty to state terrorism charges.
When rapper G. Dep turned himself in for a nearly 2-decade-old shooting, he told police he wanted to clear his conscience.

A pair of judges put an end Tuesday to the sensational sexual assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, setting him free after prosecutors argued the hotel housekeeper accusing the French diplomat of sexual assault couldn't be trusted.

A pair of judges put an end Tuesday to the sensational sexual assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, setting him free after prosecutors argued the hotel housekeeper accusing the French diplomat of sexual assault couldn't be trusted.
An art gallery director convicted of selling works without telling their owners was sentenced Tuesday to four months of weekends in jail, closing a case that spiraled out of her former boss' star-studded $120 million scam.
An art gallery director convicted of selling works without telling their owners was sentenced Tuesday to four months of weekends in jail, closing a case that spiraled out of her former boss' star-studded $120 million scam.

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn traded in his private cell at Rikers Island for temporary housing in a building within the police department's "Ring of Steel" — a network of private and police cameras near where the World Trade Center stood.
Manhattan state Supreme Court Justice Michael Obus says he plans to sentence Ferhani to 10 years in prison.
Nation Briefs: New York synagogue bomb plot suspect pleads guilty →
"It may not be the best legal strategy, but, certainly, it was the right thing to do," Manhattan state Supreme Court Justice Michael Obus said, "even though it landed you in the situation you're in now."