Word: holdup
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...neighboring states with and without the death penalty. Supporters of the death penalty argue that such studies include all murders, 80% of which result from disputes between persons who know each other, and that this 80% probably cannot be deterred by penalties of any kind. They insist, though, that holdup murders and similar crimes can be reduced by the fear of death, particularly if that death is imposed swiftly rather than after years of legal delays...
...jobs followed as a logger, well rigger, powder monkey and ranch hand. In between, he got deeper into crime. He was convicted in Nebraska on a robbery charge, and while serving that sentence, was brought to trial for a Minnesota gas-station holdup in which he was accused of shooting the attendant. "Coming in for 40 years." he told TIME Correspondent Joe Boyce recently, "I felt, well, if I was going to do anything with my life, I'd have to do it here. I always enjoyed reading, so I turned to writing...
...them, and had carried and tried to use guns in violation of company rules. In other cases, suicidal wishes have provoked murder-a phenomenon that the mother of Congressional Medal of Honor Winner Dwight Johnson may have recognized when she surmised that her son, shot while committing a holdup, had "tired of life and needed someone else to pull the trigger...
...organization, managed to raise a skimpy $200,000, and launched his campaign at a dead run. "Let's go!" says the candidate, jumping into his leased and unmarked Mercury. "Let's move!" Traveling with Friedman, reports TIME Correspondent Sam Iker, "is more like fleeing from a bank holdup than leaving a political gathering." By averaging ten hard-hitting neighborhood appearances a day for the past two months, Friedman has at least reached the point where his campaign is being taken seriously...
Chairman McClelland blamed the holdup in releasing the report on members who delayed in making their comments after its initial distribution in January 1970. But a Senate aide said yesterday, "that subcommittee has a track record of holding hearings then years later releasing a report...