Word: jailing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...warrant before checking her typewriter; the defense objected and lost, but it will again charge an invasion of privacy if an appeal becomes necessary. Even more complications arise from the fact that the diary was written eleven months after the Shootout, when Miss Davis was already in jail. The jury might well forget that the diary's strong words are not necessarily a reflection of her feelings just before the kidnaping. The key question, therefore, is whether the diary's relevance outweighs its prejudicial effect...
...crowd came today and dragged her from the jail, Madame...
...demonstrators have been charged with disorderly conduct. A conviction on this charge carries a maximum penalty of a $200 fine, six months in jail, or both...
...guilt, where appropriate, at all levels of the decision-making and war-waging process but might also recommend a "general amnesty" for all: for Presidents, their civilian advisers, and their military officials from general down through the ranks, and also for those whose consciences caused them to choose jail or to flee the country, rather than serve in the Vietnam...
...behind. In New York City, for example, felony defendants get indicted at a rate of 25,000 a year, while the disposition of such cases runs to only 20,000. As of last January, there was a backlog of 10,000 cases, and one quarter of those kept in jail wait more than six months before their cases are disposed...