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Grant pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter in the September, 1990 death of her mother, 42-year-old Dorothy Mayfield, in their Lexington, S.C. home. Grant, an honors student, served six months in juvenile detention and then moved to Cambridge, serving probation until she turned 18.
The case has also left doubt as to whetherjuvenile offenders can check off "no" on theCommon Application section that asks whether anapplicant has been placed on probation, beensuspended or voluntarily left school. The initialscrutiny of the case focused on Grant's decisionto mark off "no."
The attorney now responsible for Grant's case claims that as a juvenile, Grant was not obliged to reveal her crime or probation. But the functioning of the juvenile justice system is not significant here. Even if Grant was not legally obligated to state the facts of her case, the...
He is in the process of appealing a convictionin March, 1994 on 41 counts of bank fraud,conspiracy and making false statements. He wasremoved from the City Council in November afterbeing sentenced to 18 months in prison and twoyears' probation, as mandated by Massachusettsstate law.
The source said that the media has been focusing too narrowly on an application question pertaining to discipline and academic probation incurred in high school.