A massacre of students by a government-sponsored paramilitary group in 1971 provoked severe accusations by prominent intellectuals against President Luis Echeverria, according to an account written by the historian Enrique Krauze.
The sentence today, on a charge of indecent assault and battery, was striking, in part because it was given in a case that involved less severe accusations against Mr. Geoghan than those that have been made by dozens of boys, some of whom have said he raped them.
Anonymous has denied involvement in the more severe accusations.
The minutes were read, then Stanton spoke in defense of the many severe accusations brought against the much-abused "Lords of Creation".
The objections focused on the most severe of the accusations against Mr. Sandusky, a former Penn State assistant coach.
For months, he had faced severe criticism over accusations that political calculations played a part in the department's dismissal of some United States attorneys last year and over his role in shaping the administration's policies on torture and electronic surveillance.
Her alleged wrongdoing – window dressing government accounts – was far less severe than the accusations faced by more than 100 of the deputies who rose in judgment against her, but she was damned nonetheless, putting her on a course that later led to her removal from the presidency and the negation of the 54m votes that put her in power.
The movement's calls for democratic reforms have led to accusations that it is anti-monarchist, a dangerous charge in Thailand, where severe laws prohibit any criticism of the long-ruling king, 86-year-old Bhumibol Adulyadej.
The stance, while controversial, is not as severe as the other accusations, which have previously landed him in hot water with both the Federal Drug Administration and the US Senate.
