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LITTLE ROCK: A day after former Governor Jim Guy Tucker received a lighter-than-expected sentence because of his illness, U.S. District Judge George Howard had much less sympathy for Susan McDougal. Howard sentenced the former Clinton business partner to two years in jail for misusing a $300,000 loan obtained in the name of her Master Marketing advertising company from a lender backed by the Small Business Administration. "The judge was obviously more sympathetic to Tucker than to Susan McDougal, which seems a bit unusual," says TIME's Jef McAllister. "One would think that a sitting governor would...
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas: Calling prosecutors' request for a lengthy prison term a death sentence, a federal judge sentenced former Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker to four years probation for his May 28 conviction on Whitewater fraud and conspiracy charges. U.S. District Judge George Howard Jr. said prison "would be as cruel as the grave" for the ailing defendant. Tucker faced 10 years in prison but had appealed for leniency, citing his public humiliation and a chronic liver condition. Tucker was the first of the three Whitewater defendants to be sentenced. Susan McDougal will be sentenced Tuesday, but after cooperating with...
Nicholas N. Sweeney '92 did not qualify for the discus finals for his native Ireland; J. Adam Holland '94 took first in the B finals of the men's pairs sculls; Cecile U. Tucker '91 took second in the B final of the women's quad sculls; and Pingtjan Thum '00 did not qualify for the finals in several swimming events for Singapore
...thirds necessary to grant immunity to former Arkansas banker David Hale, who has invoked his Fifth Amendment privilege and refused to testify. Hale testified in the Whitewater-related trial which delivered convictions of Clinton's former business partners Jim and Susan McDougal and Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker that Clinton pressured him to make an illegal $300,000 loan to Mrs. McDougal. Clinton denied that charge in his videotaped testimony at the trial. In its final report to be issued Monday, the panel will recommend perjury investigations into the testimony by two White House aides and a confidante of Hillary...
...thirds necessary to grant immunity to former Arkansas banker David Hale, who has invoked his Fifth Amendment privilege and refused to testify. Hale testified in the Whitewater-related trial which delivered convictions of Clinton's former business partners Jim and Susan McDougal and Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker that Clinton pressured him to make an illegal $300,000 loan to Mrs. McDougal. Clinton denied that charge in his videotaped testimony at the trial. In its final report to be issued Monday, the panel will recommend perjury investigations into the testimony by two White House aides and a confidante of Hillary...