Word: indictment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Ithaca, N.Y., grand jury decided not to indict two Cornell University students for their alleged sexual abuse of two Brown University women at a Valentine's Day fraternity party, the Tompkins County district attorney's office announced Thursday...
Though North's suit has not interrupted Walsh's probe, Deaver won at least a temporary victory. Seymour was ready to ask a grand jury to indict Deaver on four counts of perjury stemming from his testimony before a House subcommittee and grand jury last year. As a courtesy, Seymour telephoned Deaver's attorneys on Tuesday to inform them of the impending indictments. But Deaver's lawyers, led by former Nixon Attorney Herbert ("Jack") Miller, beat Seymour to the courthouse the following morning. After hearing their arguments, U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson issued an order blocking any indictments until...
...Dade County grand jury believed him and declined to indict Rasheed for manslaughter because he had acted without the intent to kill. Even so, it added, negligent or intentional killing solely to protect property, "should never be tolerated." The grand jurors' decision was a locally popular one, but the mixed signals they sent had some people worried. "Their actions will probably speak louder than their words," says Criminal Justice Professor William Wilbanks, of Florida International University. "Most people are going to think the grand jury said that Rasheed did the right thing...
...grand jury will decide by early next week whether or not to indict the two Boston suspects, but the case could go to trial as late as September, Dwyer said...
...specific charge against Presser is that as secretary-treasurer of Local 507, he colluded with two other officers--President Harold Friedman and Recording Secretary Anthony Hughes, both also indicted--to embezzle some $700,000 in union funds, allegedly to pay the salaries of three phony employees, including his uncle. Although conviction could bring Presser up to 51 years, imprisonment, he dismissed that possibility. "For five years the Federal Government has attempted to build a case against me but has succeeded in building nothing more than a house of cards," he said. Agent Friedrick had been supervisor...