Word: prison
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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SENTENCED. DAN ROSTENKOWSKI, 68, dethroned chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee; to 17 months in prison and $100,000, for two counts of mail fraud; in Washington. After "Rosty'' pleaded guilty, he stood outside the federal courthouse acting as if he had just been acquitted. Admitting his felonies "could technically be viewed by a jury as a violation of certain laws," an unrepentant Rostenkowski insisted, "I have served my constituents with dignity, honor and integrity...
UNDER INVESTIGATION. MIKE TYSON, 29, boxer; for sexual assault; in Chicago. Thirteen months after serving three years for rape, Tyson was at a South Side night spot when, according to his accuser, he touched her lewdly and bit her cheek. Tyson could return to prison if he is charged...
...strategy is to counter the negative rumors that have been spread about Tim and to get another view in print," says Cole. "McVeigh wanted to talk to TIME because it reaches a world audience." Cole found him upbeat and cordial but frustrated by the way he's treated in prison. "The petty harassment seems to be affecting his whole outlook," says Cole, aware that he wasn't seeing a full picture. "The real Timothy McVeigh will be revealed at the trial...
...defendant met with TIME correspondent Patrick E. Cole in an Oklahoma prison a day before being transferred to Colorado...
CONVICTION OVERTURNED. CHARLES KEATING, 72; on swindling charges in the collapsed Lincoln Savings & Loan case; in Los Angeles. A federal judge threw out the results of Keating's state trial and excoriated Judge Lance Ito for giving flawed instructions to the jury. Keating remains in prison on federal charges...