JURIST Supported by the University of Pittsburgh
PAPER CHASE NEWSBURSTDigest RSS feedFull RSS feed
Serious law. Primary sources. Global perspective.


Wednesday, September 29, 2004

Martha Stewart ordered to serve sentence in West Virginia federal prison
Chris Buell at 11:42 AM ET

Martha Stewart has been ordered to serve her five-month prison sentence at the federal prison in Alderson, West Virginia, rather than at the prisons in Connecticut or Florida requested by Stewart in a letter [PDF] to Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum on September 15.

Alderson is a minimum-security prison housing about 1,000 women; an anonymous source has told AP that it was selected because of its remote location, especially from media. Stewart has been ordered to begin serving her sentence on Oct. 8. JURIST's Paper Chase has continuing coverage of the Stewart case. WNBC-TV in New York has more.




Link |  | print | subscribe | RSS feeds | latest newscast | Facebook page

For more legal news check the Paper Chase Archive...


LATEST LEGAL NEWS

 Obama appoints Guantanamo closure envoy
4:03 PM ET, June 17

 Iran president summoned to criminal court
3:04 PM ET, June 17

 Supreme Court strikes down Arizona voter proof of citizenship requirement
2:44 PM ET, June 17

 click for more...

Get JURIST legal news delivered daily to your e-mail!

LATEST FORUM

Is Egypt's Stance on the Blue Nile Dam Legally Justified?
DOMESTIC
Zeray Yihdego
University of Aberdeen School of Law

ABOUT

Paper Chase is JURIST's real-time legal news service, powered by a team of 30 law student reporters and editors led by law professor Bernard Hibbitts at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. As an educational service, Paper Chase is dedicated to presenting important legal news and materials rapidly, objectively and intelligibly in an accessible, ad-free format.

CONTACT

Paper Chase welcomes comments, tips and URLs from readers. E-mail us at JURIST@jurist.org