Word: jail
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...years in Congress, his name recognition by voters is almost nil. Bafalis hopes that a series of television commercials will soon fix that. Even so, he faces a formidable task in carving out a distinctive niche. Bafalis plans to focus on crime as his major issue, favoring mandatory jail sentences and an end to plea bargaining. But Graham is no softy on crime; the Governor has signed 39 death warrants since taking office. Bafalis' stance on the volatile immigration issue echoes Graham's as well; both favor deportation of refugees with criminal records...
...first offender will now automatically lose his license for 30 days, and judges will no longer be able to table drunk driving cases indefinitely. A second-time offender must choose between a seven-day jail sentence or a 14-day rehabilitation program at a completely isolated facility. Half of the mandatory fee offenders pay will go to support increased police coverage on state roads. And vehicular homicide now carries a mandatory sentence of one to 10 years. That sentence hardly seems harsh enough, but at least the emphasis is now on actual punishment instead of probation...
...years in a drunk driving accident. A drunk driver careened off the road and crushed him as he stood with his family on the lawn of a restaurant. But since the new laws weren't in effect, the man--a repeat offender--received a four-and-a-half year jail sentence and is now eligible for parole after serving only two years. His three drunk passengers walked away from the accident scot-free...
...that the agreement will not deter insider trading, but merely force the illegal transactions to be conducted in other banking havens, such as Liechtenstein, Panama or the Caribbean. Says Paul Erdman, a bestselling financial novelist (The Crash of 79, The Last Days of America), who spent ten months in jail for violating Swiss financial laws: "Insider trading will just have to be done a little more cleverly...
...unidentified. He used to say to her: "The reason I love you is that you like the good side of me. But there is something else, and this I don't want you to see." Until the afternoon of the shooting, he had managed to stay out of jail for 3½ years...