Word: jails
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...tale tells of the "conceited, but nice" Mr. Toad whose penchant for motorcars and accidents lands him in jail for twenty years. However, thank God, he escapes and with the solicitous aid of his friends Badger, Waterrat and Mole is resorted to the lordship of his ancestral Toad Hall...
...draft noted "contradictions" in official pronouncements, expressed doubt that American interests in Vietnam justified the country's growing commitment there, and repeated that the U.S. might soon find its most loyal and courageous young people choosing to go to jail rather than serve in the army...
...Harlem Widow Esther James in an effort to clear up his worsening New York court problems, stemming from 1) his conviction in 1963 for libeling her, 2) his refusal to pay the original appeal court judgment of $46,500, and 3) his contempt sentences of 16 months in jail and at least $164,000 in additional damages. The Harlem Democrat also made thinly veiled threats to tattle on his "beloved" fellow Congressmen. But it was only after the press conference that Powell did indeed make a fantastic disclosure. He is thinking of running for President...
...intent of the new bail act, passed eight months ago, was to reinforce a long-ignored principle: defendants should not be jailed before trial merely because they cannot afford bail. All very well, since many federal criminal cases involve white-collar crimes and relatively responsible defendants. But the law has run onto a prickly shoal in Washington, D.C., where federal courts handle all kinds of violent big-city crimes. As a result, a grand jury has just returned the first bail-jumping indictment under the new no-bail setup. On the second day of his trial for robbery and assault...
Unless this conflict can be eased, the United States will find some of her most loyal young people choosing to go to jail rather than to bear the country's arms, while countless others condone or even utilize techniques for evading their legal obligations. Contributing to this situation is the almost universal conviction that the present Selective Service law operates unfairly...