Word: jailing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...CASE OF WALTER COLLINS, a black activist thrown in jail for resisting the draft, has not received the same attention in the North as the cases of Angela Davis or the Berrigan brothers...
...jail, the harassment has continued. Mail, reading matter, and visitors have been arbitrarily denied him. His attorney. William Allison, charges that the excuses have ranged from the trivial to absurd. He was told by prison authorities (who were unavailable for further comment) that Collins had too many books which were becoming a burden to the prison. All this led to a federal suit to stop this interference...
Murray refused to grant Popkin either a stay of sentence or bail, finding no apparent grounds for appeal on the ruling. Popkin was handcuffed and removed to the Charles Street Jail...
James Q. Wilson, chairman of the Government Department, said last night that he was "appalled to think that Mr. Popkin would have to spend time in jail until or unless the larger issue is resolved...
...husband's favored status does carry responsibilities, of course, chiefly that of supporting his wife and children. Men who have defaulted on their alimony obligations can wind up in jail. While support of children is legally the joint obligation of both parents, the financial part of that duty usually is put upon men after a divorce. (One study of ex-husbands in Wisconsin, however, found that fewer than 40% were making full payment a year after the divorce.) In 42 states there is no longer any specified legal preference on child custody, though judges tend to favor the mother...