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Word: jail (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Vaughn was originally charged with first degree murder but Barton early in the trial dropped then charged to recorded-degree murder. The jury found Vaughn guilty of the lesser charge of manslaughter which criteras process that can range from a suspended sentence to 20 years in jail...

Author: By Adam H. Gorfain, | Title: Former B-Schooler Gets 10 to 20 Years For Choking Wife at Peabody Terrace | 3/2/1984 | See Source »

Locked away in downtown Rio's Praça Mauá jail, Firmenich now awaits formal extradition proceedings that would return him to the country where, during the 1970s, his crimes helped to create a decade of bloody turmoil and an eventual military dictatorship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Argentina: Going Home | 2/27/1984 | See Source »

...program is designed to combat recidivism, or repeat criminals. Almost three quarters of those who ever go to jail in the United States end up behind bars more than once in their lives. The phenomenon is most clearly associated with a person's inability to adjust to the outside world. Many recidivists have poor educational backgrounds and are often unable to find...

Author: By Gregor F.L. Gruber, | Title: A Helping Hand | 2/18/1984 | See Source »

Several excellent supporting roles complete the comic balance. As his agent, Norman, Albert Brooks plays the perfect straight man for the dynamic Moore. In a riotous scene, a freshly released from jail Claude attacks Brooks in the police station. "Police, Police." Norman cries with blue suits literally everywhere. Richard Libertini as the manservant plays the clown character, forcing Moore to focus on his more diverse and definitely more interesting talents...

Author: By Clark J. Freshman, | Title: Hilarious Marriage | 2/17/1984 | See Source »

...REAP's main provisions changed the status of tax evasion from a misdemeanor to a felony, which now carries a jail sentence of up to five years and fines of $100,000 for those convicted under the new laws...

Author: By George A. Whiteside, | Title: 'To Forgive Is Divine' -- And Profitable Too | 2/14/1984 | See Source »

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