Word: arrests
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...praised the coup. "Contrary to what people may think," said he in a broadcast speech, "my ministers and I are the first to rejoice in the way things have been settled." In Dahomey, not a shot was fired, nor were more than a handful of politicians placed under arrest. The only deaths in the three military takeovers came in the C.A.R. where eight people died, including a government television station guard who threatened to fire his bow and arrow...
Although a policeman may arrest any one whom he has "reasonable grounds to believe" committed a specific crime, a prosecutor is not supposed to bring charges unless he has "probable cause" to believe that the suspect is guilty. In short, is the evidence gathered by the police probably strong enough to try and convict the defendant...
Actually, U.S. lawmen have not made a single major arrest as a result of Valachi's reminiscences, oral or written, though federal officials still maintain that his evidence is invaluable. It certainly...
...court gave bondsmen the right to rearrest the bailee at any time or place-even when he has no intention of jumping bail whatever. The bailee is "on a string," and the bondsmen "may pull the string whenever they please." The bondsmen may "pursue him into another state, may arrest him on the Sabbath; and if necessary, may break and enter his house for that purpose." In retrieving a prisoner from another state, the bondsman needs no warrant, only a court document called a "bail piece," which states his bail relationship to the defendant...
...have any license plates, and it was cruising slowly through a high-theft district-which attracted the cops' attention. Cassius-Muhammed Ali thought it was a clear case of lèse majesté, pointing to his Black Muslim lapel pin and yelling: "You can't arrest me! I represent another government-the Negro government. I'm a $15 million-a-year man, and you're nothing but a policeman. Lay a hand on me and I'll slap a brutality charge on you." After a few more rounds of that, the poor fuzz hauled...