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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...
...superior weaponry. Prisoners were hanged or burned to death. The rest of the Indians were rounded up for use as slave labor, some on estates and some in mines. They were worked so mercilessly that one-third died from exhaustion within eight months. In desperation, many Arawaks began to commit suicide, and some mothers even killed their own children in desperation. Those who ran away were hunted down and killed...
...candidates have had at Harvard and the dedication they have shown to the Harvard community. Although I would love to see my friends "win" as much as the next person, I want them to "win" for the right reasons, because they want to represent Harvard and they want to commit to the school for life because they have benefited so much from the school...
Blankenship and David must be allowed to complete their degrees. Upon enrolling students, the University has an obligation to see them through to graduation, even if they make serious mistakes, and to remove them from the community permanently only under the gravest of circumstances--such as when they commit murder. We find it utterly draconian to expel two students, both of whom are just months away from graduation, for a first-time drug - dealing misdemeanor...