Word: parolee
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Soon after Gambino's death, Galante seemed destined for the mantle of capo di tutti capi (boss of bosses). By 1977, however, it was apparent that Galante, who was back in prison for parole violation, had failed to unite the other New York dons behind him. While Gambino had...
Hugh Allen, the L.E.I.U. coordinator in the state's department of justice, can cite no convictions of major organized crime figures as a result of the agency's activities. He maintains, however, that information obtained by L.E.I.U. helped federal authorities return Mafia figures Salvatore and Joseph Bonanno Jr...
In 1972, while Spenkelink was serving a five-year sentence for armed robbery, he walked away from the minimum-security Slack Canyon Conservation Camp near Big Sur. Driving through Nebraska, he picked up a hitchhiker, Joe Szymankiewicz, 43, an Ohio parole violator who had spent 16 years behind bars for...
The worldwide refugee situation is worse than in any period since World War II. There are more than 10 million refugees and displaced persons in various parts of the world. Current U.S. law technically permits 17,400 such refugees to settle annually in America and become citizens after five years...
Nowhere has the shift in Kennedy's political approach been more marked than in his bill to revise the federal criminal code. The legislation, which was stalled for twelve years because it was so controversial, authorizes sharply defined sentencing guidelines, and completely phases out the federal parole system. The...