Word: statement
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...much as a great number of people, abortion opponents included, disliked the website and the posters, did they actually warrant criminal prosecution? The court and even the plaintiffs admitted that "no statement contained in the text...is expressly threatening." So why were the defendants found guilty? The court believed that threats could be inferred from their actions because of the backdrop of anti-abortion violence in the country. The list, they argued, could easily be construed as a "hit list," providing information for anyone who wants to kill an abortionist. Perhaps it does, but so do the Boston yellow pages...
...According to a statement from Children's Hospital, "This is a criminal matter between Dr. Kirks and the federal government. When Dr. Kirks' misappropriations were discovered, Children's Hospital and the radiology Foundation reported it to the appropriate authorities, with whom we have cooperated...
...Kirks no longer has any relationship with the hospital, the radiology group, or Harvard Medical School," the statement said...
According to a statement from Children's Hospital, "This is a criminal matter between Dr. Kirks and the federal government. When Dr. Kirks' misappropriations were discovered, Children's Hospital and the radiology Foundation reported it to the appropriate authorities, with whom we have cooperated...
...only way to get the administration to act is through public influence and influence on Harvard's image, so I think that having 20 congressmen say this is the right thing to do is a powerful statement," McKean said...