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From
day one of the trial, it rapidly became clear that Springer was out to
get Bullock. At every attempt by her attorney to introduce mitigating
evidence, Springer would ruthlessly demolish his arguments fact-by-fact.
So effective was Springer's assault, that the jury took only two hours
to return a guilty verdict. Sentencing Bullock to eighteen months
in the Alaskan State penitentiary Judge Wilber Caper gave the following
address: "Miss Bullock, as a widely known member of the public, you
have a duty to behave responsibly and set an example. You have
not only failed to do this, but you have attempted to make a laughing stock
of the District Attorney and police department. This cannot be condoned.
I am sentencing you to eighteen months imprisonment on the tax charges,
assault charges and contempt charges - the sentences to run concurrently.
You will serve your sentence as a category 1A prisoner in the Alaskan State
Penitentiary."
The Alaskan Penitentiary,
known locally as the "Gulag", is surrounded by freezing waters making escape
a virtual impossibility. However, as a category 1A prisoner, Bullock
must wear upper body restraints whenever she is not locked in her cell.
This measure is intended more as an example than a security precaution.
The "Reporter" was assisted in bringing this photograph to you to make
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