Word: jail
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...arrived in Cambridge in 1941, carried in by a wave of good-government reform and prompted by a scandal that nearly bankrupted the city and sent the mayor to jail...
Lately, however, Thornburgh has been keeping a tight-lipped ship at the Justice Department. In August, Thornburgh threatened to prosecute employees who leak information to the press. The penalty would be up to 10 years in jail...
...matters stand now, Thornburgh has a monopoly on all public knowledge of what's going on at the Justice Department. Those who disagree may go to jail...
...inciting antistate activities was the most prominent victim of the crackdown so far: Jiri Ruml, 64, editor of the independent monthly newspaper Lidove Noviny (People's News). He and co-editor Rudolf Zeman, 50, were arrested two weeks ago and taken to Prague's infamous Ruzyne prison. They face jail terms of up to five years if convicted under Czechoslovakia's Article 100 law banning most forms of dissident expression. Their continued detention may be the regime's way of closing down the feisty Lidove Noviny (circ. 5,000) as well as of warning protesters to stay off the streets...
Sachs has prosecuted several legislators during his public career and recently gained attention for his defense of pediatrician Elizabeth Morgan, who went to jail for two years rather than allow her daughter to visit her allegedly abusive husband...