Word: pleading
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...much time should America's most famous Wall Street criminal spend in the slammer? Junk-bond king Michael Milken, who is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 1, could get up to 28 years. He has already been punished financially: last April, when Milken reached an agreement with prosecutors to plead guilty to six of the 98 counts of securities fraud and other crimes leveled against him, he was ordered to pay $200 million in fines and $400 million in restitution. Scores of Milken's friends -- and a smattering of his foes -- have deluged New York Federal District Court Judge Kimba...
...disparate factions, but they are united in wondering what 18 months of dialogue with the U.S. has bought. P.L.O. requests seem reasonable enough: direct talks with Israel, a United Nations team to investigate alleged Israeli abuses of Palestinian human rights in the occupied territories, a chance for Arafat to plead his case at the General Assembly in New York. What they have got is nothing, and it was the U.S. that vetoed U.N. inspection of the West Bank and Gaza...
...exchange for his resignation. But Stephens has not accepted the offer, perhaps out of concern that such a deal would lend credence to Barry's claim that the case was a racially motivated effort to "politically lynch" a prominent black official. Stephens reportedly continues to insist that Barry plead guilty to at least one felony count, which would probably mean some time in jail...
...illegally used the S&L's money to pay for political contributions, pleasure trips and rent on a California beach house. If he is 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...
...insist they are merely using the law to seize dirty money from attorneys who ought to know better. But critics believe they see darker tactics at work. The feds "usually won't invoke forfeiture if you make a plea bargain," observes Miami lawyer Joel Hirschhorn. "But the minute you plead not guilty, they threaten you with going after the fee." Noriega's lawyers argue that the freezing of his assets may be part of just such a plea- bargaining ploy. They say it is preposterous for prosecutors to claim that Noriega's money came only from drugs...