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More important, the President's proposals would have virtually no impact on the kinds of crimes that Americans most fear: assault, robbery and rape, as ! well as virtually all murders and most drug offenses. Fighting those crimes is almost exclusively a state and local responsibility. A mere 118 of the 47,700 inmates held in federal penitentiaries have been convicted of murder. More than 83% of federal prisoners are serving time for such offenses as counterfeiting, embezzlement, tax evasion and nonviolent drug offenses...
Illinois is one of several states where "prison-impact statements" are attached to any proposed legislation that might lead to more arrests or longer sentences. One such report was connected to a recent bill that would have added ten years to the sentence for any crime committed with a firearm. It estimated that if the law were passed, so many new convicts would be sentenced to longer terms that it would cost $63.5 million to construct and operate the required prison facilities. A committee of the legislature tabled the bill...
Though the fiery summer of 1988 scared away tourists, it had relatively little impact on Yellowstone's animals, compared with the normal rigors of winter. The fires killed only 335 of the 31,000-member elk herd. But a harsh winter eliminated almost 5,000 more, and their carcasses lie in various states of decomposition throughout the park...
...measures include a bill introduced last month by Ohio Democrat Howard Metzenbaum, chairman of the Senate antitrust subcommittee, that would limit the number of subscribers that any system operator could control to 25% of the total U.S. cable audience. The FCC, meanwhile, is preparing a report on the impact of cable deregulation that is due out next year. In a separate action, the agency has begun reviewing a rule that bars broadcast networks from owning cable systems. The networks already have interests in cable channels that range from NBC's month-old Consumer News & Business Channel to the ESPN sports...
...really good design, much better than what I certainly looked for, just in terms of how it looks," said Pitkin. He added, "The park is a wish, but the other two have much more immediate impact in terms of what's going on before the City Council...