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...city -- and the U.S. -- was stunned. Out of the 12 counts facing both men, the jury returned one felony conviction. For disfiguring Denny with a brick, Williams was found guilty of simple mayhem, which carries a prison term of up to eight years. Watson, who was convicted on a misdemeanor assault charge that carries a six-month prison term, was released from jail, where he had already spent 17 months awaiting trial. Though the streets of L.A. stayed quiet, the radio- talk-show lines were on fire for days...
Young, who pled not guilty, could get up to four years in jail for felony charges of bribery and violating banking laws and misdemeanor counts of conspiracy. He is free on $25,000 bail...
...near Columbus. A black camper, Jerry White, complained to a park ranger about loud music coming from the neighboring campsite of David Wyant, a white man. After the park ranger left, Wyant shouted threats to shoot the "niggers." He was eventually charged with and convicted of aggravated menacing, a misdemeanor. But because his threat fell under Ohio's "ethnic intimidation" law, Wyant's crime was reclassified as a felony, which brought him an 18-month jail sentence...
...typical public defender is underpaid and overwhelmed. When Jacquelyn Robins was appointed New Mexico's state public defender in 1985, there were six lawyers in Albuquerque's Metro court to handle the annual load of 13,000 misdemeanor cases. Three years later Robins persuaded state legislators to put up funds for three more lawyers. Even then, lawyers could manage only cursory conferences with clients just 30 minutes before their court appearance. In 1991 Robins again went begging for dollars. When she was accused of having a "management problem," she quit. The move caused such a furor that the Governor promised...
...John F. Rooney confirmed Wednesday that the department's criminal investigations division is investigating the complaint as a possible misdemeanor. He said that he had already interviewed a "few people" regardingthe incident, but that the Russian guard had notyet been questioned...