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Outside the courtroom, Buckey embraced his father with tears in his eyes and said, "It's all over." It was the second mistrial for Buckey, whose mother, Peggy McMartin Buckey, had been acquitted of similar charges in January after the longest trial in U.S. history. That jury had been unable to reach a decision on all the counts against Raymond. Prosecutors then made their second attempt to convict him, this time on charges of molesting three of the children, girls who are now ages 11 to 13. Buckey spent five years in prison awaiting his day in court. The bill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Longest Mistrial | 8/6/1990 | See Source »

...Lynn resident delivered the worst and longest rendition of the national anthem I had ever heard. Not a good omen...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Welcome to the Minor Leagues | 7/17/1990 | See Source »

...convicted on all counts, Dixon could face a 190-year prison sentence and a fine of as much as $9.5 * million dollars. (Dixon intends to plead innocent.) Eight Vernon officers have already been convicted, including Chairman Woody Lemons, who last week began serving a 30-year term, the longest to date for an S&L executive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Good Ole Bad Boy | 6/25/1990 | See Source »

...comparisons end in paradox. The Burmese, the least sophisticated warriors, enmeshed in the longest, most brutal war, yearn for soothing discipline and community structure, while inner-city youth of Los Angeles, at the center of the most advanced society on earth, respond to adversity and deprivation by regressing to a primitive parody of tribes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Los Angeles All Ganged Up | 6/18/1990 | See Source »

...world in the past year, thousands of political prisoners still sit in cells from Singapore to Syria. Some have been there for more than 27 years, the time served by South Africa's Nelson Mandela, the world's most famous detainee until his release in February. Among the longest-serving political prisoners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Persecution Repression's Hall of Shame | 4/30/1990 | See Source »

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