Word: plea
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...overstated. "Maybe I'm just old fashioned," says Paul Bunyan bitterly, "but in my day we didn't kill the land; we just borrowed from it." More than the script, director Jeremiah Chechik relies on the gorgeous scenery of Colorado, Utah, Arizona and California. These make a powerful silent plea for environmental conservation...
...attorney of Philadelphia, crime control has always been his passion. "Arlen convinced us that we were the only ones fighting for the people," recalls Ed Rendell, his former assistant and now mayor of Philadelphia. "He convinced us we were the guardians at the gates of hell." Specter would abolish plea bargains and mandate life sentences for career criminals...
...Sword's plea bargain comes a week after classmate Charles K. Lee '93, who also reversed an earlier plea of not guilty, received a sentence of four to five years in jail for stealing $119,881 from the same fund. Lee, who was co-chair of the student group during the 1992-93 academic year, is expected to serve one year of his sentence...
...What is your plea...
After Sword admitted his guilt, Judge ReginaQuinlan of Middlesex Superior Court asked him aseries of questions to ascertain whether or notSword understood the implications of his plea, andwhether he had been coerced into changing hisplea...