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...they make serious mistakes, and to remove them from the community permanently only under the gravest of circumstances--such as when they commit murder. We find it utterly draconian to expel two students, both of whom are just months away from graduation, for a first-time drug - dealing misdemeanor...
...given a jail sentence, he would cheat prosecutors of their victory in the end by dying in prison. Prosecutors now suspect that McDougal may be cooperating to help his former wife, says TIME'S Jeff McAllister. Mrs. McDougal refused an early offer from Starr to plead guilty to a misdemeanor in return for her cooperation. Now she faces 17 years in prison and a $1 million fine. Whatever information Jim McDougal may have tucked up his sleeve remains very much a mystery, and there is not much the White House can do until he reveals his cards. "Like much...
Though the Provenzinos were charged with a misdemeanor, the media attention created an aura of criminal notoriety. Six satellite trucks descended on the courthouse, and portions of the trial were broadcast by CNN and COURT TV, sandwiched between segments of the Bosnia war-crimes tribunal. Within minutes of the verdict, the jury foreman was telling COURT TV that the message here was to "get involved with your kids." But the picture painted in court was not of inattentive parents; it was of frightened ones. Asked who controlled the Provenzino household, Alex's friend Andrew Nowak, 17, testified, "Alex...
...writes that "when it comes to drugs and alcohol...it is a given that students are going to experiment." This is true. It is also true that, as Mr. Aibel points out, HUPD virtually never arrests Harvard students for underage consumption of alcohol, and furthermore, rarely makes arrests for misdemeanor possession or use of other controlled substances...
...with two cops. "I stuck a size 10 1/2 cordovan where I thought it might do him some good," Buchanan writes. In addition to receiving a broken wrist, he was booted out of school, his scholarship was revoked, and only a sharp criminal lawyer got him off with a misdemeanor. Pop Buchanan went to the Jesuits at Georgetown and pleaded to make his son's suspension temporary, and they agreed. Pat eventually graduated cum laude with a degree in English and philosophy, and won a fellowship to the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University, where he became familiar with...