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...years ago, Tom Benson was just another struggling sophomore at South Boston High School. "I was not hitting the books very hard," the tall, muscular basketball player understates. Benson has since dramatically improved his study habits and his grades. Now, he is hoping to go to Howard University in Washington D.C. to study computer science...
...years ago, the example of two English cases in which sentences were reduced because of the defendants' menstrual stress inspired Santos's lawyer to use it as a legal defense. Referring to her client's complaint by its medical moniker, Pre-Menstrual Syndrome (PMS), defense attorney Stephanie Benson claimed that Santos was suffering from an extreme case of PMS when she beat her child. Santos had blacked out because of the condition, Benson asserted; she was therefore unable to feel the "criminal intent" that would make her responsible for her actions...
Earlier this week, Benson dropped this controversial defense, in exchange for a guilty plea on the lesser charge of harassment. "I have long argued that there is no basis for the use of this defense," crowed Brooklyn District Attorney Elizabeth Holtzman, the prosecutor in the case. "The withdrawal of this defense is a signal that PMS is a defense without merit...
...meter run at the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games. In the long tradition of turning athletic accomplishment into movie magic, Mills' story is being beamed to the screen in Running Brave. (Mills is a Sioux Indian; running brave, get it?) For the movie, due out next year, Actor Robby Benson, 26 (The Chosen), ran five miles a day for three months. "Runners have a certain look about them," says Benson, "and there's no way to cheat that...
Among the reforms the department is considering. Benson says, are incorporating some of the current course requirements into the sophomore tutorial and simplifying the general examinations...