Word: jailing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Convictions for cocaine possession in Massachusetts carry a maximum sentence of one year in jail and a $1000 fine...
...brief and jaunty appearance in San Francisco before the newsmen-some of whom applauded-who had covered her story for so long. "It would feel a lot better if I were home right now," she said. Moments later, that was precisely where she was headed. After 14 months in jail, Patty Hearst, 22, was released last week on $1.5 million bail, pending the resolution of legal actions still involving...
ALTHOUGH HE APPLAUDS such innovations as allowing juvenile delinquents to perform alternative service and improving social conditions in general, the main impact of Wilson's statements is directed towards putting more people in jail, earning him the nickname "Captain Lock 'em Up." In Thinking About Crime he suggests that ideally "every conviction for a non-trivial offense would entail a penalty that involved a deprivation of liberty." Wilson includes a wide latitude of programs in "deprivation"; with society's present options, however, most convicted criminals would end up in jail, not rehabilitation or treatment centers...
...more people were to be put in jail for longer periods, a large scale prison expansion will be mandatory. With many counties, states and the federal government operating near or on deficits, few prisons will be built and antiquated facilities will simply be stuffed with more bodies. Months ago Boston's ancient Charles Street Jail was condemned by U.S. District Court Judge W. Arthur Garrity Jr. as "cruel and unusual punishment...
...American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is attempting to stay the execution, because it believes the state gave Gilmore an unfair choice--to die now or appeal the cae while remaining in jail with the death sentence hanging over...