Word: jailings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...filed extortion and consumer-product-tampering charges against Harvey. Exhibit A: tests showing that while the sealed beer can left Coors months earlier, the mouse itself had been dead for only a week or less. After surrendering to authorities in Macon, Ga., Harvey now sits in a Jacksonville jail, where the strongest drink available is a can of cola...
...Misdemeanors don't spend much time in jail," he said. "The courts are a little lenient on them...They should maintain closer supervision so they don't act out in this fashion again...
...protesters were arrested. They remained in jail until 3 p.m. the next day. Kennedy's office dropped all charges against them in court...
Asked why the protesters chose Kennedy's office for their protest, Stewart said, "People like us are willing to put our butts on the line--to be put in jail--for housing to be a right and not a privilege. People who claim to be advocates for affordable housing need to deliver the goods. None of the bills Kennedy has supported actually address the problem...
...Customs agents in Miami found 1,100 lbs. of cocaine valued at $8 million aboard a Haitian freighter last month and followed the shipment to a delivery point in the city. There they arrested two Colombians and five Haitians, one of whom carried a handy "get-out-of-jail" card that read, "Legally constituted authorities are requested to give aid and protection to the bearer." The signer of the card: Colonel Jean-Claude Paul...