Word: jailings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When Senator Howard Baker of Tennessee and some of his colleagues speak of the Democrats "rattling the dusty old skeletons of Watergate," has anyone reminded them that some of the culprits are still looking forward to serving their jail terms...
...There are other incentives to budget wisely. Under the law, campaigners who spend too much must repay the Treasury, and if the overspending is found to be intentional, they could go to jail for a year and be fined...
...common penalty is to make them pay back the money they got illegitimately. Some states charge a 100% penalty on top of that. Few violators are imprisoned. But one New York man who collected money under eleven names and took the state for $23,000 was sent to jail for three years...
...from New York, and a policeman finds a pound of marijuana by searching your suitcase ..." The courses wind up with mock trials, in which the convict-students prosecute and defend cases before actual judges from the D.C. bench. Says Garland Poynter, head of education at the District of Columbia Jail: "Once you learn the system, you learn to respect it. It decreases frustration." Thanks to street law's practical and straightforward approach, even inmates with scant education often prove to be apt and alert pupils...
...release from prison. But unlike most jailhouse lawyers, street-law grads are less prone to clogging court calendars with futile writs and motions. The program has also helped inmates improve their lot while still serving time. One star pupil in the first street-law course at the D.C. Jail filed a suit against the District government, the Department of Corrections and jail authorities, charging inhumane conditions and treatment of prisoners. He won and reforms are now under...