Judge Claiborne accused of taking bribes from brothel owner
Joe Conforte testified that he paid US District Judge Harry Claiborne $85,000 in cash to derail a voter fraud probe and drop a tax evasion conviction, details of a March 1979 meeting in a Portland hotel were cited as part of the alleged scheme. The judge faces counts of income tax evasion obstruction of justice and filing a false disclosure form.
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Mustang Ranch Bordello
Claiborne
U.S
Walter E. Hoffman
Conforte
Las Vegas
Brazil
Portland
Utah man guilty of slaying five boys
Arthur Gary Bishop, 32, a former bookkeeper and Eagle Scout, was found guilty of five counts of first degree murder for abducting and killing five boys. The jury also convicted him on five counts of aggravated kidnapping and one count of sexual abuse of a minor. Sentencing phase to determine death or life in prison.
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Salt Lake City
Arthur Gary Bishop
Bishop
Jay Banks
Utah
John Cunningham
Shauna
Salt Lake County
Robert Stott
Portuguese vow to protest verdict in bar-rape trial
In Fall River Massachusetts a Portuguese community vows protests after two immigrants are convicted in a barroom gang rape case. Testimony from one defendant claims the woman initiated contact and was enjoying herself while witnesses describe a brutal assault at Big Dan's tavern.
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Fall River, Mass
John Cordeiro
Big Dan’s
New Bedford
Cordeiro
Victor Raposo
William Young
Raposo
José
Virgilio Medeiros
Daniel Silva
Joseph Vieira
Alda Melo
Committee For Justice
Fall River
Young
Silva
Vieira
Azores
Melo
Kenneth Sullivan
Judith Lindahl
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