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...place in Belmont. When the police wrote it up, they had to use forms marked TRAFFIC BUREAU REPORT. The cops picked up Smith the next day, and although he maintained his innocence and although the evidence against him was entirely circumstantial, he was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Smith was 35 at the time, a drifter and a drinker with a penchant but not much aptitude for petty crime. Nothing in his history, however, suggests that he was capable of doing what was done to Goldberg...
...last week that lobbyist Jack Abramoff was sentenced to prison for fraud, the Senate passed a new ethics bill. The House will take up the issue next. Here's a look at reforms Congress seems willing to accept...
...TIME is overly concerned about issues like the interrogation methods employed in the prison at Guantánamo and warrantless eavesdropping on phone calls. It is a typical liberal attitude to criticize and second-guess the government's tactics in the war against terrorism. Thank God the media do not dictate U.S. policy and the general public is smarter than you are. Sam Thomas New Hyde Park, New York...
...Defenders Front, a vigilante group known for attacking bars and discos, demanded that the work, on display at an indoor exhibition in Jakarta, be taken down and complained to the police. The authorities have charged Yahya with indecency under the criminal code; she faces a potential one year in prison, but the alleged offense would be punishable by up to seven years' jail under the new pornography law. "This is just another way for certain groups to extort money," says Yahya. "It's not about morality." Others accuse legislators of trying to push through an Islamization program veiled...
...country-currently only a civil violation-as a felony punishable by a year and a day in jail and establishes mandatory minimum sentences for repeat offenders. Its sweeping language would make giving even humanitarian assistance to an illegal immigrant a crime punishable by up to five years in prison. Fines for an employer who hires illegal immigrants, which now range from $250 to $10,000 per violation, depending on the employer's previous conduct, would be increased to $5,000 to $25,000. Criminal penalties for repeat offenders could include a minimum of a year in jail, up from...