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Seven fraternity members have been charged with involuntary manslaughter and face up to seven years in prison and a $5,000 fine. Four other students are charged with hazing, a misdemeanor in Missouri...
...grieve. The worst kind of abuse a kid can get is taking them away from their parents." Others agreed about the nightmare part. One expert called it the biggest single instance of child neglect in Chicago's past quarter-century. Seven adults were arrested: six for child negligence, a misdemeanor, and one for cruelty, a felony. Neighbors seemed to agree that Maxine Melton meant well and kept faith as the family's de facto matriarch. But not all her housemates were as strong: a sixth woman was out at the time of the raid because she was giving birth...
...problem is in any case, regardless of whether it's a misdemeanor or a felony, costs are incurred," Rooney said. "We're not in the business of weighing the costs. Our only job is to make sure justice is done...
...live with the constant fear of seeing my name on the front page of newspapers trumpeting another misdemeanor of some faraway Jay Kim or Jung Il Kim and having to listen to the same old jokes. In the meantime, I am a man in search of a name. What should I do? Should I pick up another alias? If you think of any scandal-proof, easy-to-remember appellations, drop me a line...
...trial for beating white truck driver Reginald Denny during the Los Angeles riots last year, Damian Williams and Henry Watson, both black, were acquitted of attempted murder and a dozen other felony counts. The defendants were convicted on five misdemeanor charges, and Williams was convicted of felony mayhem. The victim said he approved of the verdicts, but many wondered whether the jury was lenient out of fear of causing another round of unrest...