Word: jailings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Haberstroh must decide what sentence to request from the judge. Although manslaughter can carry up to five years in prison, sentencing guidelines mean that the Nixons are more likely to get anywhere from probation to a year in jail. Further complicating matters is the fact that the couple have 10 children--and Lorie Nixon is expecting a child in a few months. None of her children has been delivered with medical assistance. Haberstroh is under no illusions that even a harsh penalty will change the Nixons' beliefs. A police detective who interviewed the Nixons reported that the family...
...McLaren was formally charged with conspiracy, mail fraud and bank fraud. He faces a maximum of 725 years in prison and $24.25 million in fines for paying bills with over $1.8 billion in bogus Republic of Texas financial documents. McLaren's wife, Evelyn, faces up to 155 years in jail and $5.2 million in fines for her role in the scam. The couple is currently sharing a jail cell in Marfa, about 30 miles from the site of the standoff...
...people at the rental office were the basis of a sketch that agents showed to motel desk clerks in the area. The owner of the Dreamland recognized McVeigh and gave his name. Federal agents ran it through a national-crime database and discovered that McVeigh was in jail in Perry. Just before he was about to be released, the FBI called and had him held...
This means, like the well-protected Pentagon of 20 years ago, virtually no congressional oversight. Any lawmaker who raised concerns risked being flayed as soft on crime. But without accountability, several things happen, all of them bad. Money gets wasted. Officials get sloppy. Innocent people go to jail. And cases that should be won are lost. The specifics have become a martyrs' lament: Waco. Ruby Ridge. Filegate. Richard Jewell. By last Saturday, the embattled Freeh was ready to break his trademark silence in an interview with TIME. "They very regularly report the bumpy landings at National Airport. You rarely hear...
...Erdrich and Dorris pressed attempted-theft charges against Jeffrey, who had been working at odd jobs around the country, and was living in Denver. The charges stemmed from a rambling, five-page letter he wrote from the Denver County Jail, where he was awaiting prosecution on misdemeanor charges of beating his girlfriend. He wrote, "Think about what we put up with as helpless children. You beat us senseless, you terrorized us, you made us walk on eggshells, we feared you, and then Louise comes onto the picture. Instead of stopping his abuse, she kicks in." He blamed his own troubles...