A Third Circuit panel on Thursday upheld a roughly 24-year prison sentence imposed on a Pennsylvania man convicted of marijuana trafficking and wire fraud, rejecting arguments that the trial judge improperly relied on acquitted conduct, overstated the man’s leadership role and imposed an excessive punishment. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted) )

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The Fifth Circuit refused Thursday to disturb a 20-year prison sentence a lower court handed to the ex-mayor of a Louisiana city for allegedly taking bribes in exchange for government contracts, after the appeals court had vacated an earlier sentence. Law360: acquitted