Word: crimeeds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...story about residents in Nevada and California donating funds to prosecute someone accused of a capital crime [NATION, Feb. 27] makes me sick. By soliciting public funds, the citizens of these states are operating under the theory of "guilty until proved innocent...
...recall receiving, and did not know the source of, these two memos. Still, he agreed to the Senator's request that he excuse himself, if confirmed as Attorney General, from any future Justice Department decisions concerning the case, which was formally closed last month without evidence of a crime having been found. Although Meese is expected to be confirmed, the Senate panel postponed a vote for a week and considered calling Meese back for more questions...
Claims the defense: "This is a fictitious crime. Without the Government there would be no crime. This is one of the most insidious and misguided law-enforcement operations in history...
...police persist in arresting people for a crime that is widely viewed as victimless and rarely punished by more than a fine? Captain Joseph Craparotta, supervisor of the New Jersey narcotics bureau, answers, "We do not distinguish among drugs. We do our jobs." Indeed, many narcotics officers in states that do differentiate between hard and soft drugs wish the law did not. Sergeant Eugene Rudolph of the Los Angeles County sheriffs office complains that in his jurisdiction, marijuana is "almost as accepted as alcohol," and believes that "marijuana should be dealt with more harshly." He can take heart...
...piece of short fiction involving a crime usually leaves the reader with a solution of sorts to hold in his hand. Trillin's narratives often leave no more than a handful of smoke. In an odd way this takes the curse off what is really voyeurism. For a dozen pages or more, the reader sees so closely that he wants to excuse himself, to clear his throat so the figures in the drama will know he is there. Then the curtain closes abruptly, and he is left to brood about why psychological insulation burned through at just such...