Word: drugged
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Back in Bowling Green, she developed a 101° fever and had to enter a hospital. After her doctor gave her a labor-inducing drug, Pitchford delivered a stillborn fetus-and the knitting needle. The nurse called the coroner, the coroner called the police, and the police called the commonwealth attorney, Morris Lowe...
...women, while they are still pregnant, who are likely to have preemies or sickly babies, rather than rushing the problem infants to the centers after birth. Participating physicians conduct coordinated screening programs, looking especially for women with histories of problem pregnancies, hyper tension, diabetes, kidney disease and alcohol or drug abuse, all of whom are likely to be high-risk patients. Common communications and transportation facilities help ensure quick response in crises...
Davis' trial last summer for the murder of young Andrea lasted 20 weeks, the longest and most expensive murder trial in Texas history. It involved lurid testimony about sex and drug orgies at the mansion, all designed to discredit Priscilla's testimony against her husband. He was acquitted and released on $325,000 bail to await trial for the other shootings. But before the second trial could start, McCrory went to the FBI with his tale of the hit list. It included, besides Judge Eidson, the wounded family friend, "Bubba" Gavrel, who at the first trial had fingered...
...present federal authorities recommend a microwave exposure limit of ten milliwatts per sq. cm. But, says Dr. Moris Shore, director of the Food and Drug Administration's Division for Biological Effects, even this level may be too high. He notes that researchers are now finding birth malformations, impaired learning and locomotive ability, and altered body chemistry in lab animals exposed within the Government's "safe" limits...
...decision to abolish plea bargaining was strongly influenced by a 1975 case in which a "violent killer" plea-bargained a murder charge into manslaughter and was promptly released, since he had already served 18 months while awaiting trial. Instead of violent criminals getting tougher sentences under the ban, only drug offenders and people accused of minor property crimes ended up going to jail, more frequently or for longer terms. "The ones who really got socked were the low-risk offenders," says Clarke, "the ones with no prior record or whose crimes were not aggravated...