Word: jail
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...second-oldest child, was produced by Frankie, with whom Rose lived for a year. The four other children belong to Vincent, with whom, until recently, Rose has been in an on-and-off custody war. Rose won the first * battle after Vincent had taken Sabrina and was sent to jail in handcuffs. "I hated to see him that way. I still had feeling...
...censorship and that it threatens independent reporting. As one example, they point to the 1983 expulsion from Honduras of John Lantigua, an American reporter for United Press International, on the ground that he was not a union member. Lantigua was expelled while working on a story about a secret jail where political prisoners were said to be tortured. In a deliberate effort to break the system, Schmidt, then an investigative reporter for San Jose's English language Tico Times and for the Spanish language daily La Prensa Libre, challenged the Costa Rican colegio at a San Jose meeting...
Judge Ray Lee Jenkins of Knoxville had moved against Norris when he failed to appear at a hearing to determine why Larry Simerly, a convicted car thief, was held in the Knox County Jail for 19 days after his six-year sentence had ended, mainly because of paperwork foul-ups. Norris' explanation: he had important prison matters to take up before the legislature in Nashville, and he felt his presence in Knoxville was not required. Jenkins ordered Norris to pay the car thief $1,000 in damages for his overextended sentence. In Nashville, the legislature has been hard pressed...
Unlike Teamster Union Boss Jackie Presser, who escaped prosecution on charges of padding union payrolls this year because he was an FBI informant, Dellacroce's cooperation did not keep him out of jail. In 1972 he was sentenced to five years in prison for income tax evasion. Collins had expected that one day Dellacroce would demand payment for his information, but that never happened. The veteran FBI agent died of a heart attack in 1980 at the age of 51. This year Dellacroce was ordered to stand trial on racketeering and conspiracy charges, along with ten other accused members...
That choreographed frenzy was the latest demonstration of what even Marcos' foes concede is his tactical brilliance. For 20 years, the President has ruled the 7,000-island archipelago by keeping opposition forces in jail, in disarray and in constant uncertainty about his next move. He has also not hesitated to alter the country's democratic practices to suit his purposes. He evaded the constitution's limit of two four-year terms for the presidency by declaring martial law midway through his second term. Even when Marcos lifted martial law in 1981, he did not give up his authority...