Word: misdemeanor
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...when he has a tipple or two, he tends to have an urge to toss a rock through a window and then waits patiently to be arrested. In 26 years he has broken at least 44 panes and, as a result, has spent about ten years in jail on misdemeanor charges. Neither psychiatrists nor specialists at a federal alcoholism center have been able to help...
...squeal on the mob or run afoul of mad bombers. In suburbia, parents wonder what retribution is in store for them- or more worrisome, for their small children- if they turn teen-agers in for petty vandalism. Intimidation is a major problem, not just in felony cases, but in misdemeanor courts as well...
...police said they made no arrest despite the identification of the intruder, because the trespassing was a "past misdemeanor," adding the police must be present while a misdemeanor occurs for an arrest to take place...
...authorizing two break-ins. But last week he called the indictment a "tragic mistake." All three defendants denied that they had done anything illegal or improper, but did not elaborate further. Indeed, only days before the indictment was announced, they turned down Justice Department offers to plead guilty to misdemeanor charges...
After Bell's announcement, many Americans raised questions about the propriety of striking so hard at high law-enforcement officials who were trying-however misguidedly-to do their job in a crisis situation. Similar reservations were raised when former CIA Director Richard Helms was charged with two misdemeanor counts for, in effect, lying to a Senate committee in denying that his agency had tried to stop Salvador Allende Gossens' 1970 election as President of Chile. Helms pleaded no contest but justified his actions on national security grounds...