Word: question
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...Illinois cases of errant prosecution bring a new element to the growing national debate about overzealous law-enforcement agents, a furor stoked by high-profile police shootings in New York and California as well as "racial profiling" by New Jersey state troopers. The question is whether law enforcement, amid its extraordinary success in pushing the crime rate down, is showing too little regard for individual rights--especially those of blacks and Hispanics, who are most often targets of alleged misconduct. "We cannot have the kind of country we want if people are afraid of those folks who are trying...
...rates falling, Americans don't want to go soft on crime, but their sense of fairness is being sorely tested. Communities are beginning to ask how prosecutors and police can be effective while still respecting citizens' rights. Now it's time for law-enforcement officials to start taking the question seriously too. "The criminal-justice system works," says Jed Stone, who represented Rolando Cruz in an early trial, "only if the ordinary citizen believes in the integrity of the system...
Last week was a particularly contentious one among the ranks of the celebrated, providing a veritable folly of feuds. No need to question our judges: there's not a draw among them...
...while God remains in question, apparently, there will be no rest for the curious. Lest Harvard students spend their spring break tossing and turning in their tanning beds, just wishing they knew the answer, Dartboard is prepared to offer them some advice...
...Wildcats have the guns, but the question is whether they can use them. This season they played seven nailbiters against the rest of the Final Four field, but came away with just one win and three ties. New Hampshire defeated Brown to win last year's inaugural American Women's College Hockey Alliance National Championship, but then again, the Red Sox won the first World Series...