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...guns in connection with violent criminal behavior must be stopped. But it can be stopped without penalizing law-abiding citizens. If other parts of the country follow the lead of cities like Richmond, Va. whose "Project Exile" began enforcing existing gun legislation and putting felons caught with guns in jail for five-year minimums cut crime numbers in half, we would not need more regulation...
...father Dedric Owens is in jail for violating parole after serving time for possession of cocaine "with intent to deliver." The boy and his eight-year-old brother had been living with their mother Tamarla until recently, when she was evicted. The two boys then moved into a crack house, where guns were traded for drugs, with their uncle and the 19-year-old man who left the murder weapon, evidently loaded, under some blankets. A search of the house produced a loaded pump-action shotgun and a rock of crack cocaine. The boy and his brother had been sharing...
Many B.C. growers tend a few plants in a basement or attic under bare 1,000-watt metal halide or high-pressure sodium light bulbs. The authorities give lower priority to busting cultivators, who, even if caught with hundreds of plants, usually get off without jail time. They face fines and seizure of equipment but are typically back in business within weeks. Canada doesn't have U.S.-style mandatory sentencing laws for drug offenses. Law-enforcement officials say most Canadian judges don't view pot cultivation as a serious crime. Says Corporal John Dykstra of the Mounties: "People...
...Those] Christian boys came to visit me in jail. They were the only ones who visited me," the man said...
...game and no fights break out? The case represents only the fourth time charges have been brought against an NHL player for an on-ice incident. Only one, the most recent, resulted in a conviction - Minnesota's Dino Ciccarelli had to spend a night in jail in 1988 for sticking a player. McSorley, who will stand trail April 4, faces up to 18 months in jail if convicted, in addition to the record 23-game NHL suspension he is now serving. "We do allow a certain level of violence in sports," says Cohen. "But the fact that the courts have...