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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Yet many American researchers remain unconvinced that there is any real danger. Only recently a study by the National Academy of Sciences found that naval radar operators died no younger than their peers in other jobs. The Environmental Protection Agency points out that 98% of the U.S. population is exposed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Are Americans Being Zapped? | 8/28/1978 | See Source »

Plea bargaining is as widely criticized as it is prevalent. Defendants claim they are railroaded into abandoning their right to a fair trial by zealous prosecutors who "overcharge" them and then agree to reduce the charge in exchange for a guilty plea. The public, on the other hand, complains that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Is Plea Bargaining a Cop-Out? | 8/28/1978 | See Source »

Another problem concerns the length of sentences. Alaska Attorney General Avrum Gross says his decision to abolish plea bargaining was strongly influenced by a 1975 case in which a "violent killer" plea-bargained a murder charge into manslaughter and was promptly released, since he had already served 18 months while...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Is Plea Bargaining a Cop-Out? | 8/28/1978 | See Source »

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Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Odds & Trends | 8/28/1978 | See Source »

The night lengthened, and still we waited for the big strike. It was time for fish stories. In that genre of hyperbole and pride, swordfish stories are unique: most of them are true. The broadbill is an aggressive fish, to put it mildly. Swordfish have punched holes in boats, Jaws...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Stalking the Broadbill | 8/21/1978 | See Source »

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