Word: draft
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Unlike many Democratic predecessors, Thompson went far beyond the routine prosecution of kidnaping, mail fraud, income tax evasion and draft dodging. He put together a special division with units to handle matters as diverse as official corruption and civil rights violations. Last year the civil rights staff checked out more than 250 complaints of police brutality, mainly in black neighborhoods. Investigations prompted by Thompson's office led to the first guilty verdict ever handed down in the Northern District against a Chicago policeman on charges of a civil rights violation. Thompson's office recently filed suit charging that...
...would a strictly enforced 1:1 admissions statute affect American society? An article in the February 25 New York Times reported that because of the draft's end, college attendance among young men has reached its lowest level in eight years...
...Haag maintained that "the purpose of law is to supercede the individual conscience." Draft evaders, he said, must accept responsibility for their actions which conflict with their legal obligations...
...Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, standard barracks, prototype design. Objective: To provide a totally new living environment for the individual soldier of The Modern Volunteer Army." So begins an official Defense Department plan that shows how far Sad Sack has come. With the draft ended, military authorities have made many changes aimed at luring recruits, including pay increases and more relaxed dress codes. The most startling innovation, however, is a new design for Government Issue barracks...
Though he spent 18 months in a Danbury, Conn., prison for stealing draft files, Berrigan said he has no plans to work for penal reform: "I don't believe I can do anything significant with an institution that is so blatantly repressive." he said, "There is a need to deal with larger problems...