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...regardless of how punitive the guidelines, the real concern is that they would restrict judges' ability to assign a punishment appropriate to each individual crime. Such a system, much like mandatory sentencing, eliminates a judge's experience and wisdom from the sentencing process. Instead, the decision is made by a grid that cannot consider any of the intangibles that might make a difference to a judge. No two crimes are the same; ignoring the circumstances does both defendants and prosecutors a disservice...
...official standards of probity. I attended horror movies, read vivid comic books, gorged on a diet of rock 'n roll. (And what was the most extreme TV genre of the decade? Wrestling.) Somehow I survived; miraculously, so did my parents, nice conservative Catholics who monitored but chose not to restrict a boy's outlaw tastes...
...action by Harvard to restrict Napster access at this point would also be premature. The illegality of the service itself has still not been established; the file-sharing software is content-neutral and has significant legal uses. Although U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel has found Napster to be liable for copyright infringement and issued an injunction against the service, this injunction has been stayed until the appeal can be heard by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals this October. It would be foolish for the University to block access to a service that is currently legal to operate. Should...
Unlike similar efforts last spring to restrict student access to Napster at Yale and other schools, the letter to Rudenstine makes no explicit threat of legal action...
...example, there are three ways to empty the ballast tanks on Trident missile boats. U.S. submarine crews are repeatedly drilled, ashore and afloat, with two key aims: to keep their sub safe and, if that fails, to get out alive. The top concerns for crews include knowing how to restrict flooding once the hull has been breached and how to put out a fire...