Word: reno
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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WITH VICTORY IN THE WAR ON DRUGS NOWHERE IN sight and prison populations bulging, the 1980s' lock-'em-up approach to drug crimes has come under increasing attack. Now Attorney General Janet Reno says she too wants to reconsider the harsh mandatory sentences legislated by drug-war hawks during the Reagan-Bush era. Reno announced a sweeping review of federal drug- punishment policies to determine if packing prisons with small-time offenders -- say, sentencing a 19-year-old courier to five years for transporting as little as five grams of crack -- makes sense or justice...
Critics have long complained that mandatory minimums hurt the young, the ignorant and the poor, throwing them in prison with hardened criminals. The inflexible sentences also force many officials to make space by granting early release to dangerous offenders like robbers and rapists. Reno is sympathetic to these charges and wants to see more effort spent on treatment...
Honolulu could become for gay couples what Las Vegas and Reno have been for heterosexuals: a quickie wedding capital. In a ground-breaking decision, the Hawaii supreme court has declared that barring gay marriages probably violates state equal-protection guarantees and ordered the state to justify the ban under the strictest judicial standards. If the ruling holds, Hawaii can expect a tidal wave of fiances; the other 49 states are likely to get a big legal headache. Even if they refuse to follow Hawaii's lead, they will have to decide whether or not to honor its gay marriages...
...Harvard Law School is proud to claim Janet Reno as one of our graduates," said Dean Robert C. Clark...
...Reno will be only the third Commencement Speaker in the Law School's history. The custom began...