Word: prison
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...case quickly, and there are indications that additional counts may be added to the nine concerning the contract for the 1991 fight between Julio Cesar Chavez and Harold Brazier. Had King been found guilty on all nine counts, he would have faced a maximum of five years in prison and a $2.25 million fine...
Chinese officials have formally charged Wei Jingsheng, the country's most prominent dissident, with attempting to overthrow the government, according to a report from the state-run Xinhua news agency. Wei, who served 15 years in prison for his involvement in the 1978 "democracy wall" movement, disappeared under police custody 20 months ago after continuing to speak out against the government. "It is not immediately clear whether Wei's trial is already underway," reports Beijing bureau chief Jaime FlorCruz, "but sources here think that the Xinhua report signals that the stage is set. By formally indicting Wei, Beijing must...
...While prisoners are fairly unpopular these days in most parts of the country, some 20,000 Louisianans were willing to wait in line for hours and pay $7 ($3 for the kids) to attend the sold-out shows at the state's only maximum-security prison. Parents with a sense of humor took photos of their children behind bars in a replica of an Angola prison cell. Business was also brisk at the "Lifers' Sno-Cones" refreshment booth, manned by a murderer and an aggravated rapist. In a nice Jailhouse Rock touch, an all-convict band named Pros and Cons...
...sprawling 18,000-acre work farm that has as grim a history as any prison in America, Angola might seem like an unlikely place to go looking for a good time. The fieldwork used to be so brutal that in 1951, 31 prisoners cut their Achilles tendons in protest. But today, thanks to a federal lawsuit and changes in prison leadership, the mood is about as upbeat as it can be in a facility that boasts watchtowers, razor-wire fences and a lethal-injection chamber...
Three American servicemen admitted their roles in the abduction and rape of a 12-year-old Japanese schoolgirl on the island of Okinawa, a crime that has threatened the military alliance between the U.S. and Japan. If convicted, the men face up to life in prison. At a press conference in Atlanta, the defendants' families maintained the confessions had been coerced by military authorities...