Government finds 28 senior federal workers hold bogus degrees
Congressional investigators report 28 senior officials across eight agencies possess fake college degrees. The GAO notes the problem may be larger due to no uniform checks for diploma mills, with at least 169 471 spent at two mills and one LaSalle University degree bought for 5000 dollars.
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Rise in life sentences shocks prison stats
The Sentencing Project reports 128000 prisoners in state and federal systems are serving life terms, about 1 in 11, up 83 percent in a decade. Time served rose from 21 to 29 years. causes include longer mandatory terms and stricter parole rules, not more crime. New York leads with 19.4 percent lifers.
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