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Police and organizers both say they expect the vast majority of the inaugural protests to be nonviolent and without incident. That's not to say, of course, that there may not be a lot more to watch on the ground this Saturday than up on the Capitol steps.
Some states are dealing with the proliferation of mothers in prison by looking for alternative-sentencing solutions. California sentences some nonviolent female drug offenders to Family Foundations, a community-based residential drug-treatment program. In Santa Fe Springs, Calif., female inmates live in what resembles a converted school building with...
3. Drug treatment vs. incarceration: CALIFORNIA's Proposition 36 would essentially reform the state's attitude toward nonviolent drug offenders, offering rehabilitation in lieu of jail time. This initiative is gaining widespread support from prisoners'-rights advocates and opponents of the so-called "war on drugs" who believe the current...
The opposition gambled too. The cautious Kostunica thought Milosevic's lust to retain his aura of legitimacy might force the President to give up if the legal bodies ruled the "official" vote count a fraud. So he refused to participate in the Milosevic-ordained runoff. Kostunica resolutely insisted he was...
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan shows courageous leadership in advocating humanitarian intervention in countries where innocent civilians are being brutalized [WORLD, Sept. 4]. He rightfully maintains that national sovereignty should not shield ethnic cleansing. Yet the world cannot rely on the military in every crisis. There are instances when disciplined...