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the firm conviction that juvenile offenders should never be held in adult lockups
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Authorities late Thursday recaptured a teen who left a youth lockup in Dermott earlier in the evening, a Friday news release from the Arkansas Department of Human Services states.
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Grant Lancaster, arkansasonline.com, 25 Oct. 2024
While working for the D.A. in 2018, he was temporarily banned from all county lockups when he was caught on camera dressing as a deputy and sneaking into Men’s Central Jail to deliver a McDonald’s Egg McMuffin and a cup of coffee to an inmate.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
This is its first upward movement since the end of the share lockup agreement last week, allowing Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump to finally sell his shares in the company.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 25 Sep. 2024
Concerns surrounding the lockup, which prohibited shareholders who own 5% or more of shares or those who serve in high-level management positions from selling their shares, sent Trump Media’s stock into the red amid fears Trump would sell his stake.
—Ty Roush, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
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Grant Lancaster, arkansasonline.com, 25 Oct. 2024
While working for the D.A. in 2018, he was temporarily banned from all county lockups when he was caught on camera dressing as a deputy and sneaking into Men’s Central Jail to deliver a McDonald’s Egg McMuffin and a cup of coffee to an inmate.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
This is its first upward movement since the end of the share lockup agreement last week, allowing Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump to finally sell his shares in the company.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 25 Sep. 2024
Concerns surrounding the lockup, which prohibited shareholders who own 5% or more of shares or those who serve in high-level management positions from selling their shares, sent Trump Media’s stock into the red amid fears Trump would sell his stake.
—Ty Roush, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
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“Lockup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lockup. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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