Word: crimed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...great tenets of Western thought: that a higher law sometimes requires men to give their primary allegiance to humanity rather than the State. Although the Nazi defendants pleaded "state orders," 19 were convicted and ten were hanged. To skeptics, Nurnberg proved mainly that losing a war had become a crime under international law. Nevertheless, the supremacy of civilized rules of behavior was enunciated in a U.N. report: "The fact that a person acted pursuant to order of his government or a superior does not relieve him of responsibility under international law, provided a moral choice was in fact possible...
...confidential report by the superintendent of the Boston State Mental Hospital was the basis for the judge's ruling on Aras's mental condition at the time of the crime. Aras, a 20-year-old Dorchester resident. had been committed to the mental hospital for observation at his arraignment on August...
...ruling meant that Aras lacked the mental capacity to commit the crime." John C. Cratsley, Aras's lawyer, said yesterday. The law defines mental capacity as being able to tell right from wrong and being able to appreciate the consequences of one's actions, he added...
...Crime at the Globe
...urban citizenship as financially painless as possible. His answer is only a partial one. Fiscal vitality alone would not overcome the reluctance of the suburbs to associate with the central cities. Self-interest, self-satisfaction and fear would keep them detached. They wish not only to protect themselves from crime and urban poverty but also to reduce their involvement with these problems...