Word: prisoners
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...strongest argument for clemency--employed by President Clinton and other human rights activists--is that 19 years in prison is enough punishment for the crimes committed. Furthermore, the prisoners have been unjustly punished for their association with radical political groups...
...clemency offer did not come without strings attached. The prisoners had to renounce violence, refrain from associating with one another outside of prison and comply with traditional parole terms...
...fact that the prisoners did not respond immediately to the offer and that many supporters denounced the conditions, asking instead for unconditional clemency, was taken as a sign by opponents that the prisoners intended to return to violent political activities once released from prison. But their initial silence can be explained easily. The prisoners all wanted to arrive at a consensus but were jailed in various prisons across the country and found it difficult to do so. The conditional offer carried some restrictions on their freedom and needed to be considered carefully. To chalk up the delay in the decision...
...survived a serious threat to his life in each of the first two books, but this time Harry may be overmatched. The Azkaban prison guards, horrid hooded apparitions called dementors, have been summoned to Hogwarts to protect Harry, but he keeps fainting whenever a dementor comes near him. A sympathetic professor tells Harry why dementors merit fear: "They breed in the darkest, filthiest places, they create decay and despair, they drain peace, hope and happiness out of any human who comes too close to them... Even Muggles feel their presence, though they can't see them. Get too near...
...entirely non-Muggle settlement in Britain." Naturally, Harry's vile Uncle Vernon refuses to sign anything relating to Hogwarts, so Harry faces the prospect of missing the fun or finding a way around the rules. And Harry meets another little problem: a dangerous killer has escaped from the wizard prison of Azkaban and is reportedly on his way to Hogwarts for the purpose of murdering Harry...