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Jury selection for her trial on racketeering and other charges carrying up to 50 years in prison started last week in the same courtroom that saw the bravura performances of Leona Helmsley and Bess Myerson. For sheer Wagnerian greed, the tale of Imelda could put the Hotel Queen to shame. Jurors will have to decide whether a wife always knows what her husband is up to -- in this case, deposed President Ferdinand Marcos, who died last September. "The Marcoses were masters of deception," said prosecutors. "They elevated three- card monte ((a form of shell game)) to an art form." Scoffed...
...jail sentence and a $1,000 fine. His lawyers vowed to appeal. Had the defrocked skipper been found guilty on all charges, which included a felony count of criminal mischief and misdemeanor counts of intoxication and recklessness, he could have faced more than seven years in prison and $60,000 in fines. "I'm just relieved," said Hazelwood...
Still, the politics of death resonates -- so much so that even Cuomo, to prove that he is "tough" on crime, now favors life without parole as an alternative to the electric chair. He admits such sentences negate the notion of rehabilitation (which he still believes is possible, "even in prison"), but stopping the death penalty is Cuomo's overriding priority. And if the New York legislature, which is said to be only a vote shy in each chamber, finally overrides his veto? Then, says Cuomo, he will follow the law and sign whatever death warrants come his way. To commute...
They are getting the gas chamber at San Quentin ready again. It has been 23 years since an inmate was put to death in the prison that overlooks San Francisco Bay. Now eight volunteers from among the guards are rehearsing mock executions. Inspectors are checking the plumbing to ensure that the systems are working smoothly. If all goes as planned, the airtight steel door of the green chamber will open on April 3 to admit Robert Alton Harris, 37, then close behind...
...last September while on assignment for the British weekly the Observer. He had been investigating a mysterious explosion that reportedly killed hundreds of workers at a military complex south of Baghdad. Daphne Parish, 53, a British nurse who drove Bazoft to the site, was sentenced to 15 years in prison...