Word: prison
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...heavyweight title and receives a one-year suspension from the Nevada State Athletic Commission. On Tuesday Tyson pleaded no contest to a charge that he kicked and punched two men after an August, 1998 traffic alteration, a plea that threatens to land him back in prison...
...currently living it up. (My parents, for example, vacationing in Paris a few months ago, found themselves in the same hotel as former Zairan dictator Mobutu Sese Seko.) And it's even more interesting that someone who kills one person is more likely to wind up in prison than someone who kills thousands. But what's most interesting about both of these facts is that neither of them seem at all remarkable...
...began one of the greatest hunts since Tommy Lee Jones '69 chased Harrison Ford in "The Fugitive." Prison authorities began the search by deploying dog teams, which they followed closely on horseback. By Saturday the dogs had lost Gurule's scent in the middle of a thicket, and the state pressed into service helicopters using infrared and heat-detection devices. At press time, the chase was still...
...prison escape is sensational enough, but even more intriguing to me is the person of Martin Gurule. Here's a guy who climbed over fences topped with razor wire to be free; who risked being shot to death by prison snipers; who is now almost certainly lost in snake-infested woods; who probably hasn't eaten in more than three days, and who has more than 500 officers hot on his trail. Gurule has to avoid not only the authorities but also gun-toting homeowners in the area, many of whom (understandably) are on edge...
...fact, the seven had it better than most at Huntsville. They had "work capable" status, which means that they could work either as custodians or in the prison's garment factory, unlike most Texas death row inmates, who are "locked down" in their cells 23 hours a day. "Work capable" inmates also can go in and out of their cells whenever they please, and have the opportunity to work in an air-conditioned environment during the sweltering summer months. Texas prison cells have no air-conditioning. That, in itself, is tantamount to a death sentence...