Word: prisoners
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Constitution in their judgment allowed them to enact the Alien and Sedition laws. And if those laws were still on the books, Richard Nixon would still be President of the U.S. and Spiro Agnew would still be Vice President, and all of you people would probably be in prison...
...squad of Guardian Angels in red berets helped propel the 39-year-old electronics technician through the turbulent crowds outside and hustle him back to his bachelor apartment. Still ahead lies a September sentencing of up to seven years in prison for illegal possession of a gun, plus multimillion- dollar damage suits filed against him by three of his four victims...
...older Kim, a stubborn politician and charismatic speaker, won 45% of the vote in the 1971 presidential election. In 1980 he was tried by a military court and sentenced to death for inciting students to rise against the government. After the sentence was first commuted to life in prison and then reduced to 20 years, Kim was permitted to go to the U.S. in 1982. Since his return in 1985, the devoutly Roman Catholic Kim has been banned from political activities and kept under 24-hour surveillance. Yet he remains a powerful force behind the scenes, advising opposition leaders...
Pilot Rust, held in Moscow's Lefortovo Prison, was permitted to receive two visits from his parents Karl-Heinz and Monika Rust. At week's end, however, no quick resolution of his case was in sight; young Rust may still have to stand trial for violating Soviet airspace...
Attorney General Edwin Meese called the plan reasonable and compassionate, but civil libertarians and many scientists assailed it as political gamesmanship. At issue are new Government regulations that require AIDS testing of some federal prisoners and all aliens seeking to live in the U.S. Immigrants who test positive will be denied residency. For convicts, the tests will be administered on entering the federal prison system and 60 days prior to release. Parole officers will be informed of positive results. The new regulations are the outgrowth of President Reagan's policy speech on AIDS two weeks ago. Less successful is Reagan...