Word: crimed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Spenkelink's death intensified the national debate that has long raged over whether capital punishment deters crime and should be retained or is a cruel and unfair form of revenge that ought to be abolished. Sociologists have never definitively answered the question, but the views of the American public, aroused by violent crime, seem clear: polls show that nearly two-thirds of the people favor capital punishment. Accordingly, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1972 against the arbitrary way in which capital punishment was imposed, 34 states have rewritten their death penalty laws to conform with the court...
...this same crowd around when I'm found innocent." Co-Defendant Mitchell claimed the indictment was an act of Yankee malice. Said he: "The War Between the States? They said it was over 100 years ago." Mullins, a former druggist in Calhoun, sounded equally aggrieved: "Apparently, my only crime was being a friend of Bert Lance's and a supporter of Jimmy Carter...
...only wish that other groups of young people or adults would start such patrols to discourage the crime that is rampant everywhere. North Little Rock has started patrols by concerned citizens, so all is not lost...
...there is not much saving radiance in the sky. Instead, the air is alive with the sound of lamentation. At various times from various quarters, TV has been accused of raising the crime rate, dropping students' test scores, crippling the imagination, undermining national literacy, and layering American homes with an attention-numbing narcotic. The charges go way back. They were first raised by long-suffering parents and teachers who simply watched the TV viewing of children under their care and came to what they felt were grim, self-evident conclusions. Then the argument shifted a bit to the amount...
Throughout the trial White sat frozen, staring blankly ahead. Occasionally he shed tears, but he made no attempt to wipe them away. It was a different picture from the outgoing politician who had firmly told reporters on the campaign trail that "crime is No. 1 with me"-and who staunchly supported the death penalty for crimes like...