Word: bail
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Justice works slowly in the islands, and not until Dec. 7, 1939, was Marcos arrested for the murder. He was then within five months of graduating with honors from law school. From his jail cell, Marcos successfully petitioned for his release on bail, then succeeded in winning his degree (two cops accompanied him to his graduation). In the subsequent bar examination, he scored the highest average ever (98.01%). When the puzzled judges accused him of cheating on the exam, Marcos demanded that he be tested orally?and scored 92.35%, the second highest average in history. Then, clad in a white...
Learn was arraigned in Brooklyn Federal Court and released without bail, pending action by a grand jury. The maximum sentence on this new charge is three years in prison and $1000 fine. The Texas conviction, which he is appealing, carries, up to 30 years...
West Side Manhattan Genovese mob, Carlo ("Don Carlo") Gambino, 64, heir to the late Albert Anastasia's operations, plus ten other bigwigs. The D.A. wanted them to sing before a grand jury on crime in Queens, and a judge set bail at $100,000 each to help clear their throats. No dice. A friendly bondsman put up $1,300,000 for bail, the grand jury got nothing but grunts, and then it was back to La Stella's for that delayed lunch: escarole in brodo, linguini in clam sauce, striped bass, and wine. And just to show...
...seek bail reform, we should consider whether we are prepared to throw out the whole money bail system; whether some people who are arrested are so dangerous that there should be some procedure to keep them locked up awaiting trail; and, if so, whether we can design such a procedure which will work less unfairly than money bail...
...opportunities for graduates of law schools and other parts of the universities to play a role in bringing criminal administration out of the darkness are even broader. A whole range of new jobs is opening up. People are needed to organize and run local bail reform projects; to work with neighborhood legal service offices; to administer government research and grant programs; to work for the criminal administration planning committees which state governors are setting up in response to the recent request of the President. Police departments are beginning to see the advantage of employing house counsel as well as others...