Talk:Watergate Seven

Charges vs. Convictions

Someone much more knowledgeable about Watergate than I should weigh in here, but Kenneth Parkinson was the only member of the Watergate Seven to be ACQUITTED. He did not therefore serve any prison time, nor was he subject to any fines. Given this rather glaring factual inaccuracy, there may well be other factual inaccuracies in this article as well. But given that I'm not a scholar of Watergate, I will not make this change.

While I would not go so far as to say that this is a factual inaccuracy, it does not seem to be useful to report the maximum penalty that the individuals could have faced if convicted and sentenced. It would seem more relevant to explain the disposition of the case, including the quashing of Mardian's conviction on appeal and the dropping of charges against Strachan. Dpv 12:28, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Colson's charge

It's an interesting detail that Colson's charge actually was created by Colson and his lawyers because while he considered himself innocent of the charges filed against him, he came to the conclusion that in attempting to smear Ellsberg in the build-up to a trial, he had done something that, if not actually illegal, should be illegal. I will look up the pages from Born Again, his account of Watergate and his religious conversion, but also try to find sources not written by Colson.Lawikitejana (talk) 17:43, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Pleaded, pled, or plead

It used to be that Chuck Colson, "pleaded" guilty, but now it seems he "plead". A quick Google around suggests that in order of preference and frequency of use, the ranking (most to least) for the past participle of the verb "to plead" is: pleaded, pled, plead. That suggests the most recent change should be reverted, or at least changed to "pled". The "plead" form is least accepted, and is regarded as simply an error by many. Personally I don't care, but I did the googling work so I thought I'd write it up :-) 2605:6000:F343:F300:A58E:392C:FF0B:A840 (talk) 15:11, 18 June 2017 (UTC)

Kenneth Parkinson

OK folks, which is it? Conflicting information in this entry, and I don't know why or which is right. Or are both statements right and the word "Although" does not belong here? Or maybe that whole sentence doesn't belong here? "Kennety Parkinson - counsel for the Committee to Re-elect the President; faced 10 years in prison and $10,000 in fines. He was acquitted at trial. Although Parkinson was a lawyer, G. Gordon Liddy was in fact counsel for the Committee to Re-elect the President." Jeisenberg (talk) 17:24, 23 June 2022 (UTC)