Word: prisoners
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...history of violent acts. The law was so tight that correction officials often could not tell the public what an escaped criminal had been imprisoned for in the first place. Under the new rules, criminal records are public for a few years after a person leaves prison--the exact time depends on the severity of the crime committed...
...sobs that shook Michael Milken in Manhattan federal court last week punctuated the most dizzying fall from power in modern Wall Street history. They came as federal Judge Kimba Wood sentenced the financial wizard, whose junk bonds fueled the epic 1980s takeover wars, to 10 years in prison. Said the tearful felon: "What I did violated not just the law but all of my principles and values, and I will regret it for the rest of my life. I am truly sorry...
EARLIER this month, the Cable News Network (CNN) obtained recordings of conversations between deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel A. Noriega and attorneys defending him against drug trafficking charges. The original tapes were apparently made by federal officials, who routinely montitor the telephone calls of prison inmates...
...been suggested that Noriega forgot to tell prison officials that these phone calls were to his attorney. The staff has assumed prosecutors would have access to the tapes. There is no evidence that this is what happened...
Noriega's lawyers verified that the tapes, apparently seven in all, were recordings of their client's telephone chats, including at least one with his legal defenders, discussing potential prosecution witnesses. All such calls are normally monitored by prison authorities, unless officials know the talks specifically involve a prisoner's attorneys. The question was whether the tapings violated the no-eavesdropping rule. Noriega's lawyers argued that the Sixth Amendment protection of Noriega's privileged communication with counsel had in fact been violated. Meanwhile, CNN claimed that its First Amendment freedoms from prior restraint had been abridged...