Word: harsher
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...Oklahoma followed, passing Jessica's Law with a death penalty provision for raping a child under age 14. Texas already had some of the toughest child predator laws on the books with its two-strikes rule that sends child predators to jail for life. But the push for even harsher punishment was coming from the state leadership, rather than from the grass roots, as tightening of criminal laws often does. "Prosecutors will tell you these are the most difficult cases to get a guilty verdict on," Edmonds said. "Prosecutors lose more of these cases than any other...
...legalization, then the country is going to suffer,” Cisneros said. A member of Clinton administration, Cisneros conceded that there were potential flaws with his plan, as it left little incentive for Latin American workers to stay in their home countries. He underlined the need for harsher sanctions for businesses employing illegal immigrants. Cisneros concluded the evening with examples of the progress Latinos have made in the past decade, citing figures from singer Gloria Estefan to Red Sox hitter David Ortiz as people who represent a “picture of increasing influence in this nation...
Nevertheless, adaptation has implicitly emerged on the American agenda, thanks to Hurricane Katrina. The earth's weather system is too complex to pin blame for Katrina definitively on global warming. But unusually strong hurricanes like Katrina are exactly what scientists expect to see--along with fiercer heat waves, harsher droughts, heavier rains and rising sea levels--as global warming intensifies. If the nation is serious about rebuilding New Orleans and its neighbors, it must make them as resilient to global warming as possible. "We have to fight for New Orleans," says Beverly Wright, director of the Deep South Center...
It’s been more than 300 years since the noted mutineer pirate John Quelch was hanged on the banks of the Charles River. And while the riverside gallows have long since been dismantled, a new call for harsher punishment of piracy—of the digital kind—was leveled against universities last Friday by the chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property. Rep. Howard L. Berman, a Democrat who represents California’s 28th district, encompassing Hollywood and nearby areas rich in entertainment-based industries, said that...
...stopping our greenhouse-gas spitting is a task that will require not only political will but also personal sacrifice. Not everyone is so thrilled with CFLs: many give off a harsher, bluish light, and, in my experience, they take longer to fully brighten than standard bulbs. The only reason they’re starting to catch on is that they actually save consumers money in the long-term. By using the new bulbs, the average California household saves $40 per year in decreased electricity costs, according to the California Energy Commission...