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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Andrew Golden and Mitchell Johnson, the two boys accused of the schoolyard killings in Jonesboro, Arkansas, go before a juvenile court today. Because the boys are under 14 years old when the shooting occurred, they would -- at most -- spend only a few years in prison if found guilty. Tomorrow is Mitchell Johnson?s 14th birthday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tomorrow's News: Tuesday, August 11 | 8/10/1998 | See Source »

...shudder to think of these murderers as human beings, but they do share that distinction with the rest of us. What separates a serial rapist from the man in the office cubicle next to him? Society has tried to weed these people out with tougher prison sentences and sex-offender registry laws, but people are still dying horrible deaths and living brutalized lives. Only those convicted show up on the government's radar screen. The rest go undetected...

Author: By Chana R. Schoenberger, | Title: Read All About It! | 8/7/1998 | See Source »

...Internet confessor Larry Froistad Jr. will plead guilty to the murder of his 5-year-old daughter Amanda. Froistad, who today also faces federal charges of trafficking in child pornography, could be sentenced to as much as life in prison without parole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tomorrow's News: Friday, August 7 | 8/5/1998 | See Source »

...authorities refused Abdi a visa. He has had to make his preparations in utmost secrecy lest Iran's still powerful hard-liners detain him before his departure for France. Once a fervent supporter of Iran's clerical regime, Abdi was arrested in 1993 and spent nearly a year in prison for criticizing the mullahs' aversion to democracy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Iran Be Forgiven? | 8/3/1998 | See Source »

...opera buffs with a startling blend of flashy theatrics and unabashed feminism has made her the most controversial opera director of her generation. "Tristan's ship," Zambello explains gleefully, "is a huge ocean liner that has Isolde in the middle--as if she's in a womb or a prison--and the lower deck is an engine room with sweaty bodies. When I saw the set, I thought, 'People are just going to freak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Francesca Zambello: Rattling the Cage | 8/3/1998 | See Source »

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