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Criminologists say little research has been conducted to determine whether early-release initiatives lead to higher crime rates, although some prisoners who get out will undoubtedly commit crimes that they wouldn't have been able to commit if they were still behind bars. "There's no risk-free early-release program," says Jeremy Travis, president of John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. But early release doesn't simply mean opening the gates and letting inmates run for it. No state is freeing sex offenders, murderers or habitually violent criminals. Most inmates who are eligible for early...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Do Early-Release Programs Raise the Crime Rate? | 9/14/2009 | See Source »

Your cover story is long overdue. Although I am of limited means, I can think of no more impoverishing act than buying cheap, conventional meats and produce because organic food is "too expensive." We spend thousands of dollars on items we don't need and become morbidly obese on junk food yet argue that we can't feed our children healthy alternatives because the cost is too high. Guess what: the cost to our families--and to the earth--of forgoing organic food is a lot higher. John Lipman, BREWSTER, MASS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 9/14/2009 | See Source »

...Although gas levels inside the building were not of immediate concern, turning electric appliances on and off in the building could have caused a fire to break out, Murphy said, but with the building evacuated, that risk was minimized...

Author: By Elias J. Groll | Title: Gas Leak at Quincy | 9/13/2009 | See Source »

...Although gas levels inside the building were not of immediate concern, turning electric appliances on and off in the building could have caused a fire to break out, Murphy said, but with the building evacuated, that risk was minimized...

Author: By Elias J. Groll, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gas Main Breaks at Quincy House | 9/13/2009 | See Source »

...Debate Society. Hopkin praised HUDS, saying that it is “moving in the right direction.” “We can, generally speaking, eat meat or eat meat products with a relatively clear conscience even now,” he said. Friedrich disagreed, noting that although HUDS buys eggs from cage-free farms, other aspects of its food procurement were still unethical. “Eating meat in HUDS when they are doing nothing for farmed animals, and eating meat in the real world, in any restaurant around here... is unethical,” he said...

Author: By Alex M. Mcleese, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Vegetarian Society Holds Debate on Meat-Eating | 9/13/2009 | See Source »

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