Word: petitioner
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One day last year, Kevin Futch decided he wanted to circulate a petition denouncing a correctional officer at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution in Norfolk, where he is an inmate. Futch thought the officer was giving the best cells in his cell-block primarily to white inmates.
Before he ever got around to it, though, he learned from another inmate--known as the "jailhouse lawyer," that he could get in trouble for distributing such a petition. So he abandoned the plan. But during a search of his cell in September, a guard found the aborted petition--and...
Neighborhood groups, who oppose this move in favor of low-cost housing and blue-collar jobs on the Simplex site, are expected to petition the City Council to tighten the area's zoning restrictions.
"Of course I did not return," Schmidt snapped. "I didn't want a pardon." What he wanted was a test before the human rights tribunal. He got it after the IAPA persuaded Costa Rican President Luis Alberto Monge Alvarez to petition the human rights court for a ruling. Schmidt triumphed...
A spokesman for the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) of B'Nai Brith said the group will petition the city manager next week to add a disclaimer to the religious model which will clearly identify its sponsor as a private organization.