Word: informant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...upshot: only 33% of those arrested were ever brought to court for plea or trial. The report acknowledges that factors in the poor conviction record may include the shortage of policemen and such restrictions on police power as the still controversial Miranda rule, which requires the arresting officer to inform the suspect of his rights to counsel and to remain silent. But it puts the essential blame on the police themselves, especially for what the study asserts is an obsession with the idea of measuring crime-fighting efficiency only by the number of arrests they make. This policy, described...
...killer's notes have been teasers to investigators, revealing little. The message to Breslin showed that Son of Sam seemed to enjoy his grisly game with police. "Please inform all the detectives working the case that I wish them the best of luck," he wrote. "Keep 'em digging, drive on, think positive, get off your butts, knock on coffins, etc. Upon my capture I promise to buy all the guys working on the case a new pair of shoes if I can get up the money." The Son of Sam label lost some of its mystery when police...
...rate will have to make a reservation at least three weeks ahead of time and be prepared to put up with some uncertainty: he can choose the week in which he wants to leave, but the airline has until a week before the start of the selected period .to inform him of the exact date and hour of his flight. If he then decides not to go after all, he gets only half his money back...
Harvard followed that setback with an extensive campaign to inform the Med Area workers of its reasons for opposing the union. Steiner and Daniel D. Cantor, director of personnel administration, organized the publicity campaign, which included frequent meetings with Med Area workers and the distribution of 12 leaflets questioning the effectiveness of the union and its motives for seeking to organize the Med Area...
This letter is not intended to threaten you, but rather to inform you gently that if I read one more word about Farrah Fawcett-Majors in your magazine, I will cancel my subscription...