Word: crimed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Yazzie conveyed the seriousness of the issue as he indicated that crime on Indian reservations has increased in recent years, bucking a national trend...
...gone. In 1987 the number of articles on homelessness that appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times totaled 847; in 1996 those four dailies ran just 200 stories on the subject. As recently as 1991, 8% of Americans said homelessness--more than crime, the budget deficit, education or the decline of American values--was "the main problem facing the country today." Only half as many people now believe that. "Most of the emphasis today is on the feel-good," says Housing and Urban Development Secretary Andrew Cuomo, who founded a New York City...
...Jamal arrived to help and was accidentally shot when Faulkner's gun inexplicably discharged. Another defense asset, Veronica Jones, remained silent for 14 years until declaring that she saw two men fleeing from the murder. She recalls that at the time she was two blocks away from the actual crime scene and "half a nickel bag high...
...city has already implemented many of the major changes Clinton and Gore have proposed for America's future, including crime reduction measures and universal Internet access in schools...
While it is easy to have no sympathy for a well-heeled man who apparently murdered a woman out of jealous rage, there are reasons to harbor lingering doubt about the verdict. Capano continues to deny he committed the crime; the fact that he was more defiant than remorseful at his sentencing hearing perversely hurt his chances to live. (The jury apparently expected another sudden switch and admission of guilt.) No body or murder weapon was ever found, and the prosecution relied entirely on circumstantial evidence...