Word: lockup
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...Pontiac Grand Am and was in the hospital's trauma unit. Three of the boys in the car had been killed, the fourth injured. Sean, who had been drinking heavily at a party that night (reportedly as much as eight beers in an hour), served two years in juvenile lockup for driving under the influence of alcohol and reckless driving. He cannot get his license back until he turns 21. Susan, shaken by the tragedy and determined to spare other young drivers and their parents similar agony, has lobbied state lawmakers to make the licensing process for teen drivers lengthier...
...Matthew Cloyd, 20, and Russell DeBusk Jr. and Benjamin Moseley, both 19, were charged with breaking both state and federal laws, and have been in federal lockup since their March 8 arrest. In such cases, says U.S. attorney Alice Martin, local prosecutors typically agree to a federal sentence in federal prison, if only to save the locals money. But in this racially charged case (five of the churches burned were predominantly black), bringing justice home is an issue. "They will do time in Alabama. I am not bending on that," says Bibb County DA Michael Jackson. Meanwhile, Alabama Attorney General...
...sticking point is whether to allow the federal and state sentences to run concurrently, with the trio serving all their time in federal lockup. Attorneys for the three men are seeking a federal minimum of seven years, with any state sentence to run concurrently. Alabama prosecutors may still demand at least seven years jail time for each crime. "In this case, everyone wants their pound of flesh," says DeBusk's attorney Brett Bloomston...
...Harris in a New Orleans suburb. Police say they found 3 1/2 oz. of heroin, 3 1/2 oz. of crack cocaine, two loaded assault rifles and a .45-cal. semiautomatic handgun, plus $5,800 in the house. Later that day, as he was paraded in shackles out of central lockup, Harris told reporters, "I ain't have nothing to do with no murders. Nothing." He did not respond to a letter sent to the jail by TIME, and his attorney was unable to reach him for comment...
MARTHA STEWART is ready for her lockup. Though she will continue to appeal her obstruction-of-justice conviction, the lifestyle entrepreneur asked a judge last week to let her start serving her five-month sentence immediately--ideally releasing her in time "to plant the new spring garden," she said at a news conference. Stewart lamented how she'll miss "my two beloved, fun-loving dogs, my seven lively cats, my canaries, my horses and even my chickens." Human beings may begin to interest Stewart more after she is forced to eat, bathe and sleep in close quarters with them...