Word: intentionalism
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Penalty minimums for suspects convicted of drug possession with intent to distribute 1,000 feet from a school disproportionately affects an unlikely group, besides inner-city dwellers and the poor: Harvard students...
...authorities have not shied away from exercising the law against Harvard drug suspects in recent years. Out of the seven students charged with drug possession in the past three years, five faced intent to distribute within a school zone...
...doctors would agree to shorten and sterilize a disabled 6-year-old girl to make it easier for her parents to take care of her? Dr. Daniel Gunther and Dr. Douglas Diekema, who revealed the details of the Ashley Treatment in the Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine, were intent on improving the life of the child whose parents call her their "pillow angel"; they think their critics don't understand the extreme nature of this case. The critics, especially advocates for the disabled, think the doctors don't understand the true cost of what they have done. Talk...
...Generally speaking, the prosecution wants the SJC to say that this wasn’t the intent of their ruling—they didn’t mean that the defendant can introduce this evidence in every situation,” Abramson said. “[Prosecutors] are partly arguing that this isn’t the kind of case that necessitates a new trial...
...concern is that Iran's defiance of demands over its uranium enrichment program may be a sign that it is assembling the means to build nuclear weapons. (North Korea, by contrast, walked out of the NPT and tested a nuclear weapon, leaving no doubt over its capacity or intent.) Unlike North Korea's hermit kingdom, Iran is an integral part of the world economy as its fourth-largest supplier of oil - with much of its output consumed by China, India and Japan. Most of the international community will view comprehensive sanctions against Iran as unthinkable in light of the impact...