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...alternatives work? That depends on what they are asked to accomplish. If the goal is cost efficiency, the answer is a qualified yes. They often seem cheap enough, but there are concerns that they may actually add to the bill for corrections because judges will use them as a halfway measure to keep a rein on people who would otherwise go free in plea bargains. James K. Stewart, director of a Justice Department research institute, contends that the cost to society of crimes committed by those not imprisoned must be factored in as well. For certain offenders, Stewart concludes, "prison...
...hard part of the season is, theoretically, over. Bill the remaining schedule "Back to Bright...
Last fall Congress passed a new federal law that prohibits employers from enforcing a mandatory retirement age. The bill includes a seven-year exemption for centers of higher learning, due in part to heavy lobbying by Harvard officials. (See accompanying story...
...that bitter day six years ago, Idaho Fish and Game Officers Bill Pogue and Conley Elms, chasing a poacher, trekked to Dallas' winter quarters at Bull Camp, a secluded stretch of sage about 110 miles south of Boise. They confronted Dallas and searched his camp, where they discovered deer meat and bobcat hides. Pogue, a no-nonsense officer with a flair for pen-and-ink sketches, told the poacher he'd broken the game laws. An argument ensued. Though Dallas claims Pogue started to draw first, the jumpy poacher blasted Pogue with his .357 Ruger Security-Six revolver, then spun...
...chairman of the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee, Kennedy is expected to push for an increase in the minimum wage during this Congress. In the House, New York Democrat Mario Biaggi has submitted a bill to raise the current rate to $5.05 an hour over a five-year period and index it after 1991 to half of average hourly earnings. The present minimum is less than 38% of average...