Word: committed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...when did we start yearning for childhood and simultaneously hating so many of the little people to whom it rightly belongs? An even halfway-liberal presidential candidate would point out that despite all the media fuss over "killer kids" and "wolf packs," it's the grownups who commit 87% of violent crimes, which include plenty of crimes against children. According to the Justice Department, 6 out of 10 violent crimes against children are committed by adults--often the parents or caretakers of the victims...
...Morgan wants to eliminate what he says are tax loopholes for special interests and to encourage investment by indexing the capital-gains tax to inflation and by improving the tax treatment of IRAs. On crime, he wants to abolish parole for violent offenders and try as adults juveniles who commit violent crimes. He also supports an amendment to ban abortion except in cases of rape, incest and when the woman's life is in danger...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "People talk about their marriages being threatened [by same-sex unions]. I find it implausible that two men deciding to commit themselves to each other threatens the marriage of people a couple of blocks away...
First, he said, the United States must "commit to backing away from criminalizing drugs...
...medical term, but a common expression for "mentally ill") is arbitrarily applied to a variety of criminals, from terrorists to tyrants. This stigmatizes mental illness and inhibits our understanding of the individual's motivation. Many people would rather not believe that sane people can and do commit heinous acts. The majority of the mentally ill, as with most populations, are not dangerous to others...