Word: conviction
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...moderate policies have come under bitter attack from radicals like Tekere, who have called for a hard line socialist program and the expropriation of white wealth. There was the potential for a bitter internecine conflict if Mugabe were to allow a white-dominated police and judiciary apparatus to convict Tekere. The fierce, short-tempered nationalist (see box) holds the third high est party rank and commands a loyal following among many of the 25,000 guer rillas who remain in training camps scattered around the country...
...produced particularly broad concern, perhaps because the police invaded a newsroom and not, as in Flint, a commercial print shop where no journalists work. "I feel I've been completely compromised," said Reporter Loy, who had talked his way into the Idaho prison as a member of a convict-approved "citizens committee." "These people asked me to go in because they knew I could be trusted." CBS News President Bill Leonard called the raid "unjustified." New York Attorney Floyd Abrams, who has argued several press freedom cases, said the Boise action was "particularly offensive" because the prosecutors...
...Norfolk, Va., bank and, pending trial, held in a cell block with a forger named Edward Nichols. A secret FBI informant, Nichols had been told to "be alert to" any statements Henry made about the robbery. The two became so friendly that Henry confided facts that helped convict...
Sentences can be harsh; some economic crimes, such as major embezzlement of state property, can even bring death. Judges generally do not hand down the long prison hitches that U.S. courts often mete out in anticipation of early parole, but Soviet convicts are more likely to serve full terms. And they toil hard, both in the prisons where repeat offenders or dangerous criminals are kept and in the work camps housing most of the convict population of about 2 million...
...murder. Bryant appears to be just the type the public thinks of when it thinks of Hell's Angels. In 1975 Bryant, Overstreet, Rick Robles and another Angel were accused in the beating and shooting death of a man called "Hippie Richard." Bryant's testimony helped convict Robles, and the rest went free. Bryant was considered so valuable a witness that he is still enjoying a new life "on the program"-the Witness Protection Program. That has provided him, at taxpayer expense, with immunity, a new name, a credit rating, about $200 a month and a Government recommendation...