Word: nonviolenter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Because Gandhi lives in the movie as a force or principle rather than a person, he lives only in his opposition to those antithetical forces which confront him--the injustice, degradation and blunt evil of colonialism and racism. Since these afflict millions, first in South Africa, where Gandhi wages his...
It is the singular virtue of Gandhi that its title figure is also a character in the usual dramatic sense of the term. As portrayed by Ben Kingsley, 37, an actor from the Royal Shakespeare Company making his film debut, Gandhi must age some 50 years. In the process he...
In laying out the prison problem [Sept. 13], you stopped short of telling us what works: restitution. As you point out, virtually half of all inmates are convicted of nonviolent offenses. Why not require these offenders to pay back their victims and go to work for their communities, rather than...
The elderly who commit crimes [Sept. 20] present an increasing problem, particularly in retirement areas like South Florida. As a judge, I have presided over hundreds of cases involving senior citizens charged with shoplifting and other nonviolent crimes. Our criminal justice system, with its traditional solutions of jail, probation or...
Your article "What Are Prisons For?" lays bare the improvidence of our attitude toward criminal justice. The deadening boredom and persistent threat of assault that accompany prison life are transforming nonviolent offenders into violent ones. Further, the ultimate costs to society are ominous, both in dollars expended to build and...