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frames-  Mr. Dinkins , the ad charges 0 *T*-2 , also failed *-1 to report his campaign contributions accurately , hid his links to a failing insurance company and paid a [rel  convicted]  [ARG1  kidnapper]  `` through a phony organization with no members , no receipts and no office . ''
-  And , says 0 *T*-1 Mr. Dinkins , he did n't know 0 [ARG1  the man 0 his campaign paid *T*-2 for a get-out-the-vote effort]  had been [rel  convicted]  *-3 of [ARG2-of  kidnapping]  .
-  Despite the strong evidence against Mrs. Yeargin , popular sentiment *ICH*-1 was so strong *ICH*-3 in her favor , Mrs. Ward says 0 *T*-2 , that `` I 'm afraid 0 [ARG0  a jury]  [ARGM-MOD  would]  [ARGM-NEG  n't]  have [rel  convicted]  [ARG1  her]  .
-  According to a source at the East Europe desk , two [ARGM-TMP  previously]  [rel  convicted]  [ARG1  felons]  were charged *-1 , tried *-1 , convicted *-1 and sentenced *-1 to prison terms of four and 12 years .
-  [ARGM-ADV  According to a source at the East Europe desk]  , [ARG1  two previously convicted felons]  were charged *-1 , tried *-1 , [rel  convicted]  *-1 and sentenced *-1 to prison terms of four and 12 years .
-  Lawmakers in Hungary approved legislation granting amnesty to [ARG1  many people]  [rel  convicted]  * of [ARG2-of  crimes punishable by less than three years in prison]  .
-  If [ARG1  *-1]  [rel  convicted]  *-2 , they could be sentenced *-1 to death .
-  But Mr. Dinkins has stumbled in the past two weeks over his campaign 's payments to a black activist who *T*-1 is a [rel  convicted]  [ARG1  kidnapper]  , and over his handling of a stock sale to his son .
-  His campaign was caught *-1 flat-footed amid allegations 0 it paid almost $ 10,000 *U* for what it said 0 *T*-2 was a `` get-out-the-vote '' effort by black activist Sonny Carson , a [rel  convicted]  [ARG1  kidnapper]  who later *T*-3 said publicly that he is `` anti-white . ''
-  [ARG1  He]  was [rel  convicted]  *-1 of [ARG2-of  *-2 charging interest rates much higher than what the law permitted *T*-3 , and attempting *-4 to evade income taxes by *-5 using a double accounting system]  .
-  Few now recall the actual outcome : [ARG1  Scopes]  was [rel  convicted]  *-2 and fined *-2 $ 100 *U* , and his conviction was reversed *-1 on appeal because the fine was excessive under Tennessee law .
-  [ARG1  Bakker , who *T*-2 was immediately taken into custody ,]  was [rel  convicted]  *-1 [ARGM-TMP  Oct. 5]  by [ARG0-by  a federal court jury in Charlotte , N.C. ,]  of [ARG2-of  fraud and conspiracy]  [ARGM-CAU  for *-1 diverting more than $ 3.7 million *U* of ministry funds for personal use]  .
-  [ARGM-TMP  Within six years]  [ARG1  many figures]  were [rel  convicted]  *-1 for [ARG2-for  their illegal abuse of Franklin funds]  .
-  In June 1980 , [ARG1  Michele Sindona -- an Italian financier who in July 1972 *T*-3 had bought a 22 % block of Franklin 's stock from Loews Corp. , headed * by Laurence A. Tisch --]  was sentenced *-1 to 25 years in prison after * being [rel  convicted]  *-2 of [ARG2-of  fraud and perjury]  .
-  The question , she said 0 *T*-2 , is whether Drexel should be allowed *-3 to pay and move on , or `` whether you should -LRB- simply -RRB- revoke the license [ARGM-TMP  when]  [ARG1  someone]  is [rel  convicted]  *-1 of [ARG2-of  a felony]  *T*-4 . ''
-  `` This process should point out that it *EXP*-2 's not going *-1 to be easy for [ARG1  a firm]  that *T*-5 's [rel  convicted]  of [ARG2-of  a felony]  to immediately jump back into the retail business , '' Ms. Bryant said *T*-3 .
-  [ARG1  Mr. Donohoo]  was [rel  convicted]  *-1 [ARGM-LOC  in Louisville]  [ARGM-TMP  late last month]  of [ARG2-of  *-3 violating Superfund by *-4 failing *-5 to report the release of asbestos into the environment from a building 0 he was demolishing *T*-2]  .
-  [ARG1  He]  was [ARGM-DIS  also]  [rel  convicted]  *-1 of [ARG2-of  *-2 failing *-3 to properly remove asbestos from the building , a violation of the Clean Air Act]  .
-  [ARG1  The murderer , Ronald Gene Simmons ,]  was [rel  convicted]  *-1 of [ARG2-of  *-2 killing 14 people]  .
-  [ARG0  The Senate]  [rel  convicted]  [ARG1  U.S. District Judge Alcee Hastings of Florida]  of [ARG2-of  eight impeachment articles]  , [ARGM-ADV  *-1 removing the 53-year-old judge from his $ 89,500-a-year , lifetime job]  .
-  In 1983 , Mr. Hastings was found *-1 not guilty of * accepting a $ 150,000 *U* bribe in a case before him , [ARG2-on  the central charge]  on which [ARG0  the Senate]  [rel  convicted]  [ARG1  him]  *T*-2 .
-  With no floor debate , [ARG0  the Senate]  on Friday voted 69-26 *-1 to [rel  convict]  [ARG1  Mr. Hastings]  of [ARG2-of  perjury and * conspiring *-2 to accept a bribe]  , five votes more than needed .
-  [ARGM-LOC  In another case]  , [ARG1  a protester , Ann O'Brien ,]  was [rel  convicted]  *-1 of [ARG2-of  trespass]  [ARGM-TMP  before the Supreme Court 's Webster ruling]  .
-  [ARG0  JURY]  [rel  CONVICTS]  [ARG1  congressman]  [ARGM-MNR  in connection with Wedtech Corp. scandal]  .
-  [ARG0  The jury]  [ARGM-DIS  also]  [rel  convicted]  [ARG1  them]  of [ARG2-of  extortion in * obtaining a $ 20,000 *U* , interest-free loan from a Wedtech officer]  .
-  Mr. Little said 0 [ARG1  more than 20 people]  have been [rel  convicted]  [ARGM-LOC  in the Wedtech cases]  , including former U.S. Rep. Mario Biaggi -LRB- D. , N.Y . -RRB- .
-  He can match Jackie Mason with his own Robert `` Sonny '' Carson , [ARG1  an angry street organizer]  who *T*-2 was [rel  convicted]  *-1 of [ARG2-of  kidnapping]  [ARGM-TMP  in 1974]  .
-  [ARG0  The Senate]  [rel  convicted]  [ARG1  federal Judge Alcee Hastings of Miami]  of [ARG2-of  eight impeachment articles]  , [ARGM-ADV  *-1 removing him from the bench]  .
-  [ARG0  The chamber]  voted 69-26 Friday *-1 to [rel  convict]  [ARG1  the judge]  of [ARG2-of  perjury and bribery conspiracy]  .
-  [ARG0  The jury]  [ARGM-DIS  also]  [rel  convicted]  [ARG1  them]  of [ARG2-of  extortion in * obtaining a $ 20,000 *U* interest-free loan from an officer of the defunct defense contractor]  .
-  The rogues ' gallery of planners involved * includes some [rel  convicted]  [ARG1  felons]  , a compulsive gambler or two , various businessmen who *T*-1 had planned their own previous ventures right into bankruptcy , and one man who *T*-2 scammed his wife 's grandmother .
-  -LRB- [ARG1  Mr. Blodgett]  , who *T*-2 was [rel  convicted]  *-1 [ARGM-LOC  in Florida state court]  of [ARG2-of  *-3 selling unregistered securities]  and in California state court of unlawful use *ICH*-6 of the telephone * to defraud and deceive , is now on probation .
-  William Bennett , the White House drug-policy director , accused local officials in the Washington area of *-1 blocking construction of prison facilities 0 *T*-2 to house [rel  convicted]  [ARG1  drug]  dealers .
-  Without more space 0 * to incarcerate [rel  convicted]  [ARG1  criminals]  *T*-1 , he added 0 *T*-2 , `` we will not win the war on drugs . ''
-  Specter , the vice chairman of the Senate 's evidence panel , said 0 there was `` [ARGM-CAU  insufficient evidence]  0 [ARG0  *]  to [rel  convict]  '' [ARG1  the Miami jurist]  *T*-1 .
-  If [ARG1  *-1]  [rel  convicted]  *-2 , he could be imprisoned *-1 for up to 10 years and fined *-1 $ 250,000 *U* .
-  By any `` reasonable man '' criterion , Mr. Lantos and his colleagues have [ARG1  a whole bunch of people]  tried and [rel  convicted]  .
-  The subcommittee , Congress and the American public have every right * to draw the adverse inference and to concur with Mr. Pierce 's own belief that his testimony could help [ARG0  *-1]  [rel  convict]  [ARG1  him]  of [ARG2-of  a crime]  .