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The Becket controversy or Becket dispute was the quarrel between Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket and King Henry II of England from 1163 to 1170. [1] The controversy culminated with Becket's murder in 1170, [ 2 ] and was followed by Becket's canonization in 1173 and Henry's public penance at Canterbury in July 1174.
These officials have been convicted under two types of statutes. The first type are also applicable to corrupt state and local officials: [ 1 ] the mail and wire fraud statutes (enacted 1872), including the honest services fraud provision, [ 2 ] the Hobbs Act (enacted 1934), [ 3 ] the Travel Act (enacted 1961), [ 4 ] and the Racketeer ...
Convicted for providing classified information to the Soviet Union while stationed in Moscow as a guard at the U.S. Embassy August 21, 1987 30-year sentence, reduced to 15, released February 1996 Alexander Fishenko: American-Russian Convicted for illegally exporting microelectronics from the U.S.A. to Russia July 21, 2016 10-year sentence [1]
Testimony from three Black men — one mentally unstable and a convicted felon who later recanted — brought conviction. Most of the 10 sentences involved about 30 prison years.
Becket, also known as the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, is a non-profit public interest law firm [4] based in Washington, D.C., that describes its mission as "defending the freedom of religion of people of all faiths". Becket promotes accommodationism and is active in the judicial system, the media, and in education. [5]
Becket or The Honour of God (French: Becket ou l'honneur de Dieu), often shortened to Becket, is a 1959 stage play written in French by Jean Anouilh. It is a depiction of the conflict between Thomas Becket and King Henry II of England leading to Becket's assassination in 1170. [1] It contains many historical inaccuracies, which the author ...
Wes Cooley (R-OR) was convicted of having lied on the 1994 voter information pamphlet about his service in the Army. He was fined and sentenced to two years' probation (1997) [122] He was later convicted of income tax fraud connected to an investment scheme. He was sentenced to one year in prison and to pay restitution of $3.5 million to ...
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