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...nation. No renewal is possible until we can control crime. To accomplish that we need to rid ourselves of the notion that the judicial system is for the rehabilitation of criminals. It is not and shouldn't be. We have to learn to stop apologizing to culprits and punish them...
Lafe Pfeifer, secretary of the Texas State Rifle Association, puts it bluntly: "Punish those who misuse firearms, but leave me alone." This approach predominates in Southern and Western states, but the laws are rarely enforced-and thus serve as no deterrent. In Montana, one survey showed that of 141 people convicted of armed crimes, none were sentenced to additional time for using a weapon. In Florida, where a similar law was passed in 1975, murders have steadily climbed to a record 1,387 last year, an increase of 28% over 1979. In Miami, 29,000 handguns were legally sold...
...cold and indignant in his summation, insisting that jealousy over Tarnower's affair with his lab assistant, Lynne Tryforos, 38, was the motivating factor for murder. Argued Bolen: "There was dual intent, to take her own life, but also an intent to do something else . . . to punish Herman Tarnower . . . to kill him and keep him from Lynne Tryforos." Bolen ridiculed the notion that Harris fired her .32-cal. revolver by accident. He urged the jury to examine the gun while deliberating. Said he: "Try pulling the trigger. It has 14 pounds of pull. Just see how difficult it would...
Having disputed the issue since December, residents of Adams House this week voted in a House-wide referendum to withdraw the House's two nominations to the Committee on Rights and Responsibilities (CRR), a disciplinary body established by the Faculty to punish students involved in political demonstrations...
...suggest government abandon the cause of social justice to the free market. Kuttner proposes no liberal agenda, perhaps leaving that duty to Sen. Paul Tsongas's forthcoming book. But as a document that explains why government began to fail in the '60s, and why the people rose to punish it in the '70s, Revolt is an invaluable resource...