Word: permitted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Last night's action aimed to changer that, making committee absences add toward the total permitting. The allowable number was raised from three absences to four, form full weekly sessions or from committee meetings. New rules would also permit five absences from a combination of weekly and committee meetings before members are automatically expelled...
...charged either by a prosecutor's written statement or after a preliminary hearing before a judge. (Though a state may choose to call a grand jury, the U.S. Supreme Court has not forced states to comply with the grand jury section of the Fifth Amendment.) Sixteen states now permit a grand jury's target to bring his or her own counsel into the jury room under some circumstances. In New York, legislators are considering using grand juries only in cases where no one has yet been arrested. Another proposal would allow prosecutors to offer only partial immunity to witnesses...
...Lehtinen, means that "the defendant's family can be present to win the sympathy of the jury, but not the victim." Lehtinen is leading a petition drive to eliminate this stipulation from the Florida constitution. A new group, Georgians for Victims' Justice, has helped pass state legislation that will permit victims to give written statements to a judge about the impact of a crime on their lives. Another major thrust of these groups is to let victims appear at parole hearings or, at least, require that they be notified before an offender is set free...
...Nicaragua. I believe that there is a very positive attitude now in Nicaragua concerning the Contadora proposal. I am going to Nicaragua to see what possibilities there are for a national dialogue that would permit the incorporation of opposition groups into (those sanctioned by Nicaragua's) new constitution. Such a dialogue is very difficult, but Nicaragua finds itself in a very grave economic situation. The Inter-American Development Bank is considering a Nicaraguan application for resources; the U.S. has opposed the request. We feel it should be approved...
...Latin American debt. We want to pay. What we are trying to communicate to creditor nations is: Help us sustain a process of development that will permit us to pay without producing social explosions, without paralyzing our economies...