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...July 4th, one thousand rebels rushed the state capitol, shouting the battle cry: “Throw the bum out!” The bum was Senator Chris Dodd, the occasion, a tea party. For three hours, Dan Reale, a 27-year-old Libertarian from Plainfield, Conn., passed a microphone to speakers who denounced Dodd and other politicians for shackling their constituents to an ever-growing national debt. Critics call these people fire-eaters, but I call them conservatives—conservatives who are looking for a leader...
Hometown: North Plainfield...
...Three of these students worked closely with attorneys on a case involving Byron Halsey, a man from Plainfield, N.J., who was exonerated on May 15. He served more than two decades in prison after being convicted of sexually assaulting, mutilating and murdering two of his girlfriend's children, ages 7 and 8. DNA testing was not available during Halsey's trial, but after obtaining all the necessary evidence - a process that took the Innocence Project three years - a DNA profile from the crime scene showed a direct link to the children's next-door neighbor, who is currently in prison...
Does Barack Obama's presidential candidacy put your film Head of State in a whole new perspective? - Garrett Turner, Plainfield...
...tough home life by ingratiating himself with older kids who played rough. So it was little surprise when he traveled the well-worn path of the troublemaker, dropping out of high school and promptly beating up an older kid so severely that Ryan was sentenced to a year at Plainfield Juvenile Correctional Facility. Once inside, one of the few times he picked up a pencil, he used it to stab another inmate in the hand. He felt that he had to prove himself, he says, after witnessing weaker kids being assaulted at the facility. The attack earned him a stint...