Word: hyder
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...such a setting it does not seem strange that the street lights should suddenly go out at 12:33 a.m. on Wednesday, the anniversary day, or that air-conditioning units straining against the muggy night air should go silent. Richard David Hyder, 29, a private security guard paid to protect an electricity substation, has come to work at midnight after taking a few drinks. For reasons of his own he has flipped a bank of switches. For three hours, until power is restored, there is scattered looting of liquor stores, as sheriffs deputies, National Guardsmen and nonstriking city police supervisors...
Many lawyers and prosecutors defend plea bargaining as "flexible," claiming that bargaining can shape the sentence to the individual defendant. What is more, says Maricopa County (Ariz.) Attorney Charles Hyder, it is "the greatest weapon a prosecutor has. The prosecutor is in the driver's seat. Usually the defendant is not aware of any weaknesses in a case...