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...Well, honestly, we pled it from every angle we could, including using the 9th and the14th amendments. The springboard for Roe was Griswold vs. Connecticut, which involved a woman, Griswold, who as head of Planned Parenthood of Connecticut, had given a married couple a contraceptive device. She was tried and convicted as an accomplice in distributing a contraceptive device. The Supreme Court ruled eventually that the couple's right to privacy precluded the state from dictating whether they would or would not have a baby...
...wake of campus financial scandals such as the Hasty Pudding theft, in which Randy J. Gomes and Suzanne M. Pomey recently pled guilty to embezzling almost $100,000 from the organization, College administrators have sought new ways to keep tabs on student group spending...
...Barton is charged with willfully setting timber, underbrush and grass on fire; willfully injuring property of the United States; maliciously destroying property owned by the United States; causing injury to a firefighter who broke his arm while battling the flames; and using a fire to commit a felony. She pled not guilty; a conviction could mean 65 years in prison and a $1 million fine...
...Thanksgiving travel. Denied his seat on his Delta flight to Philadelphia in favor of a standby passenger, Averell snuck onto the plane and hid in the bathroom. Unluckily for him, a passenger spotted him and reported him to the flight crew. Arrested for trespassing and disorderly conduct, Averell pled not guilty and the charges against him were eventually dropped. The incident attracted national media coverage and made Averell a campus celebrity. Averell would maintain his high-profile, running an unsuccessful and violation-ridden campaign for the Undergraduate Council presidency, performing in the Hasty Pudding Theatricals show, and, with B.J. Novak...
...women’s social organizations—became breakfast-table reading material and dinnertime conversation fodder for students who hadn’t even known what the pair looked like until the picture of their arraignment appeared on the front page of The Crimson. Gomes and Pomey pled not guilty to the charges and will likely face trial later this year...