Word: crimeds
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...federal laws on crime, passed piecemeal by various Congresses, have never been systematically overhauled since the beginning of the Republic. Scattered through nearly every part of the 50-title U.S. code, they are sometimes laughable. For example, deflecting a Government carrier pigeon is a federal misdemeanor. They can also be unfair. Two men committing identical bank robberies can receive wildly differing sentences from different judges...
This month a sweeping new version is expected to be introduced in Congress by Senator McClellan and a surprising new partner, Senator Edward M. Kennedy. McClellan, 81, the crusty dean of congressional crime fighters, badly wants a criminal-code reform bearing the McClellan name before his expected retirement next year, and the compromise package negotiated over six months by aides of the two Senators is a far cry from the old Sl. "It's a net gain for civil liberties," an enthusiastic Kennedy told a House judiciary subcommittee last week...
...keeps the death penalty for only one crime-skyjacking...
...drastically increases fines for white-collar crime (e.g. up to $1 million for gross consumer fraud...
Most significantly, the compromise bill envisions a novel approach to punishment under guidelines to be established by a Federal Sentencing Commission. A narrow range of jail terms and fines is to be set up for each specific crime, and judges will be required to record their reasons for each sentence. Either side can appeal any divergence from the guidelines...