Word: criminalled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The dispute over the sentence may be resolved eventually by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court; meanwhile it gave added force to the argument that more uniform guidelines for sentencing are needed. Such guidelines are contained in the revised U.S. Criminal Code that has been approved...
The letter is signed by Mark Draymore and Randy Swaggerty, identified as chairman and secretary of the committee, respectively, and offers the package of assorted foods for $7.48. Sergeant Richard Smith, of the Criminal Investigation Unit, said yesterday that neither 'Draymore nor Swaggerty are Harvard students.
Many lawyers may enjoy less prestige, less interesting work and only modestly robust pay scales in the future. Trends in specialization, prepaid group legal plans, storefront legal clinics and advertising may well make for greater competition, lower fees and more of a supermarket approach to the law. The days of...
¶ Decriminalization of so-called victimless offenses, such as marijuana possession, gambling, public drunkenness and consensual adult sex. Many of these laws are widely ignored and enforced only haphazardly. Removing them from criminal codes would improve respect for the justice system and free cops and courts alike for more important...
Thanks in large part to lawyers, the U.S. retains one of the world's most accessible court systems and one of its most exhaustive lists of human rights. Much of the nation's strength flows from its respect for the law. But a long-is standing love affair with the...