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...January 2006 Palestinian elections, and they now exercise control over Shalit's kidnappers in Gaza. "We are willing to talk directly to the Israelis," says one Hamas official. "So why are the Israelis play the ostrich with us? They're willing to talk with our men in jail but not to us directly...
USAGE Commutations often have qualifiers. Nixon reduced Jimmy Hoffa's jail term in 1971, provided the Teamster didn't run the union for 10 years...
...which potential members or "prospects" must prove themselves. The tests range from the revolting-drinking urine from a gumboot is one of the milder ordeals described by former members-to the criminal, such as committing a specific crime, being bashed by the whole gang or serving time in jail. Prospects are often required to serve a stint as the gang's errand...
...Kahika politely serves coffee in the Hastings pad, a spartan-looking house down a cul-de-sac that is surrounded by a sturdy fence. "Most of our guys have got jobs here," he says. "Only about two or three are in jail." It's mid-morning and younger members in red tracksuits are waking up and tidying the pad. The cupboards are missing their doors, but the kitchen is spotless...
...beyond control: "They might manage to suppress it in one area temporarily, and it will just crop up again somewhere else. The problem is generated by the cultural milieu and the economic conditions in that area." Newbold speaks with the authority of a man who has done jail time himself for drug dealing and written a book on crime in New Zealand. "This is their excitement. This is their entertainment. This is what they live for. They live for their patch, for their gang and for their neighborhood. They are living worthless, meaningless lives without a proper future." Paea...