Noriega Asks for Reduced Sentence
From Times Wire Reports
With no hope of getting his conviction overturned, former Panamanian leader Manuel A. Noriega is asking a judge to trim his 40-year drug trafficking sentence to 15 years. “Clearly political expediency has infected the parole process,” Noriega’s attorneys said in a motion filed in Miami. “General Noriega is being required to serve two-thirds of his sentence because of who he is.” Assistant U.S. Atty. Michael Sullivan must prepare a written response to the motion.
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