Word: jail
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...seeker of scandals, but by the 10th century, Peter's heritage had fallen into some rather unworthy hands. Pope Sergius III seized the papal throne by armed force and imprisoned his predecessor Christopher, who had already imprisoned his predecessor Leo V. Sergius then had both Popes strangled in jail. He also fathered an illegitimate son by a 15-year-old heiress named Marozia, who eventually got the debauched son chosen as Pope John XI soon after his 21st birthday. John's nephew, who was even more debauched, duly became John XII when barely...
...inhabitants to 20 or more, mothers receive $125 for each child after their first. Families are urged to follow the Ceausescus' example by having three children. Abortion is illegal except in certain highly restricted cases, and those convicted of performing the operation may be sent to jail. To enforce the law gynecological wards are watched by police representatives, who must approve obstetric operations...
...Milwaukee Journal, Reporter Nina Bernstein heard that undefended indigents were being jailed for months because they could not pay $100-to-$300 fines for offenses like jaywalking. She went after the story, helped by clerks who fed records of 899 inmates through a computer. Says Bernstein: "I interviewed the judges last and presented them with the evidence, and they were stunned." The courts freed hundreds of inmates, threw out 20,000 orders for jail commitment and told the county to provide attorneys for poor defendants. The computer's statistics, says Bernstein, "made our case airtight." She adds that without...
...state's entire fiscal records for 2 1/2 years. With this data base, the paper has uncovered coercive tactics used by some canvassers in the state's mail-in electoral ballots and has revealed that a total of 6,033 arsons in 1982 resulted in only 19 jail sentences. "The power of this thing is unbelievable," says Journal- Bulletin Reporter Elliot Jaspin. "Newspapers are either going to start doing what we do, or they're going to be bypassed and out of date...
Garcia's swift move to crush the jail riots reflected the demands of Peru's armed forces, which want a freer hand to deal with the Shining Path. But the military's attempts last week to conceal evidence of its excesses only embarrassed the government. Soldiers sealed off the prisons and buried dead inmates at night, despite assurances from First Vice President Luis Alberto Sanchez that the bodies would be delivered to their families...