before december 2003. this principle, which i must follow, should be clearly understood. i emphasise that at this stage because, as will become apparent, minimum terms to be served before consideration is given to release on licence were in the 19905 and early 2000 is much shorter than would have been ordered today in 2023. in deciding whether to impose a minimum term and if so the length of that term and if so the length of that term before any release on licence, i am required to adopt the following approach. first, to assess the term to be served by reference to contemporary principles, set out in schedule 21 of the sentence act 2020, and identify the length of that minimum term before any release on licence as would have been identified by the secretary of state
that point, this is the time when bitch would get out of jail. he s gonna get out of jail in december 2003. during this time behind bars, the fbi was working on the case. building up more and more circumstantial evidence against him. seems like it was just escalating, escalating, escalating. the thinking is, well, we re gonna know what s happened. it would take a new prosecutor to look at the case with fresh eyes. john petree, who was the chief assistant da for dekalb county georgia. well, we never really had much at all until the u.s. attorney s office did in fact bring the boxes to. us and i was able to find an empty store room in the courthouse. and created, what i call a war room for this case. so i buried myself in his office, started going through the file. one thing was clear, hinton had been the key is suspect early on because he had a
nearly two years after shannon melendi s disappearance, butch hinton was serving time in prison for fraud after a mysterious fire at his home. shannon s parents, who had already been suspicious of butch hinton well, he probably burned the house itself to cover evidence. now the end of the investigation into the disappearance, had a deadly clock taking to his release. it was scary at that point in time. we realize no new needs are coming in, and we decided at that point, this is the time where he could get out of jail. he s gonna get out of jail in december 2003. during this time behind bars, the fbi was working on the case. building up more and more circumstantial evidence against him. seems like it was just escalating, escalating, escalating. the thing is, well, we re gonna
melodies disappearance, butch hinton was serving time in prison for fraud after a mysterious fire at his home. shannon s parents, who had already been suspicious of butch hinton the well, he probably burned the house itself to cover evidence. now the end of vesta geisha in into the disappearance, had a deadly clock taking to his release. it was scary at that point in time. we realize no new needs are coming in, and we decided at that point, this is the time where he could get out of jail. he s gonna get out of jail in december 2003. during this time behind bars, the fbi was working on the case. building up more and more circumstantial evidence against him. seems like it was just escalating, escalating, escalating. the thing is, well, we re gonna know what s happened. it would take a new prosecutor to look at the case
start the clock. you know who thinks vladimir putin is breaking international law and violating the u.n. charter? vladimir putin does. the vladimir putin of 2003 who loudly opposed the u.s. invasion of iraq a month before the u.s. invasion putin said i m convinced that it would be a grave error to be drawn into unilateral action. grave error outside of the law. putin said it, not me. in december 2003, the russian president said the use of force abroad according to international law can only be sanctioned by the unite nations. it cannot be recognized as fair, not justified. his words, not mine. it wasn t just in iraq when putin was opposing a u.s. strike in syria, the russian president said this in a new york times op-ed. forces presented only in defense, anything else is unacceptable under the united nations charter and would constitute an act of aggression. if you go outside the security council and launch a war that isn t self-defense that is an illegal act of aggression. so putin