Word: jailing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Most Washington hands agree that if the Corrupt Practices Act were strictly enforced, many of the nation's Senators and Representatives would be in jail. They might even be enough for a quorum. This year, however, the incoming Republican Administration faces an unusual problem. Under pressure from Attorney General Ramsey Clark, the clerk of the House of Representatives, former Congressman Pat Jennings, a Democrat, has taken the unprecedented and even-by sedate congressional standards -slightly ungentlemanly step of turning over to the FBI a list of organizations that had been delinquent in filing their accounts. The offenders include...
...G.O.P. groups claim that computer foul-ups and the hectic pace of the campaign's last days were responsible for the delayed accounting. Willful violations of the reporting provisions are punishable by a $10,000 fine and/or two years in jail, unintentional violations by $1,000 and/or one year. However, it is virtually inconceivable that any suits will be filed. Though Richard Nixon campaigned on a pledge to name a tough new Attorney General, his appointee, no matter how tough he may be, can hardly be expected to make prosecution of the boss his first order of business...
...Levy stiff penalties on mine operators in violation of the safety provisions, up to and including a fine of $5,000 and a six-month jail sentence...
...Manhattan's Civil Jail...
...Brooklyn's Raymond Street Jail: Dirty, crowded, uncomfortable; run by not-very-bright attendants who, though not sadistic, administer beatings dispassionately, as a way to relieve their tedium. (The authorities evidently agreed with Angelvin's assessment, and the jail has since been razed...