Word: misdemeanor
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...court cases-- we're always looking for new legal remedies. We have also engaged in civil disobedience, and many arrests have taken place for interfering with construction and trespassing. We take it to the jury to decide, and by and large, we have won in the courts. Of 42 misdemeanor charges, we have won 35. In 70 misdemeanor charges where the people were indicted by a grand jury, when the people refused to plea-bargain, the cases were all dropped. So far seven power towers have gone down. This power line will never be a reliable source of electricity...
...couple were charged with cultivation of marijuana, a felony, and with possession, a misdemeanor. Because the coke was discovered in her desk, Mrs. Halvonik was also charged with possession of cocaine, a felony. Since Halvonik is a judge and his wife a lawyer, they were spared the humiliation of booking, fingerprinting and mug-shooting; free without bail on their own recognizance, they face trial...
This month Yant's lonely crusade began to bring results. A second grand jury returned a new round of indictments against Weikel. A petition was filed, signed by 6,580 citizens, calling for Weikel's removal. Last week the sheriff pleaded no contest to various misdemeanor charges and resigned from office. The felony charges were dropped. Says...
Police spokesmen said most of the demonstrators were charged with criminal trespassing, a misdemeanor with a maximum one-year prison sentence...
...where they were left with no food or clothing. Nobody bothered to tell them what would happen next. The home of a nearby relative was stoned later in the week when the family moved in with her. Police found ten suspects, all of whom were charged with vandalism, a misdemeanor. This story took up only one column on page three of The Globe, under the headline "Guatemalan Family Flees." The Boston Herald American didn't carry the story at all. After pressure from a state representative and a lawyer from the Civil Liberties Union, Mayor White issued a statement "deploring...