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...course, this does not mean it was conscious—hence, the first line of defense for fraud: “I didn’t know!” Blaming the misdemeanor on a strange sub-conscience that causes unusually immoral behavior—as if the culprit had taken Jekyll’s potion and mysteriously transformed into her Hyde counterpart—is offered to mitigate the action...
...bring the Duke rape case before a grand jury when it meets next Monday, the day before the election. Nifong has said he is trying to build a case against a third player. In an attempt to get others present that night to cooperate, Nifong has also begun reinstating misdemeanor charges against lacrosse players previously given deferred community service for such offenses as alcohol and noise violations. One player, a team captain who lives at the party house, has already had his charges reinstated; Nifong says the deferment agreement was broken when he hosted the party. Five other players...
...what? Does this information have any value to anyone apart from for voyeurs and curious genealogists? Well, maybe. Mr. Cromwell’s reasons for the theft are buried in the fog of history, but it seems possible that had someone told him right before he committed the misdemeanor that it would be the subject of newspaper articles over a century later, he’d have thought twice. The ever-longer memory bestowed upon us by the Internet certainly adds an additional cost to the prospect of committing a crime.There are also dramatic implications for those...
...defendants, Timothy J. Kelleher and Jose T. Sousa, are charged each with one count of assault and battery and another count of assault and battery to intimidate—both misdemeanor charges...
...Secretary under President Clinton; after 10 years, making it the longest independent-counsel probe in U.S. history; in Washington. Begun after Cisneros' ex-mistress alleged he had lied to the FBI about money he had given her, the inquiry continued even though Cisneros pleaded guilty in 1999 to the misdemeanor of making false statements to the bureau. It finally ended with the release of David Barrett's 474-page report, in which the prosecutor says a cover-up by Clinton-era officials prevented him from bringing new charges...