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...crime-fighting package to the legislature next week. His proposals include rushing the opening of two of the 12 new prisons currently under construction and leasing space in county jails. Meanwhile, North Carolina is trying to ship 1,000 inmates over state lines. To date, Oklahoma and Rhode Island have contracted to house temporarily a total of 226 inmates. Even so, unless Hunt can persuade legislators to raise the statutory cap by March 15, he will be forced to release 3,400 inmates. And therein lies the rub. The mandatory sentences that keep drug offenders in push violent criminals...
Outright prohibition -- at least of handguns -- is exactly what some people have in mind. Rhode Island Senator John Chafee has twice introduced a bill to ban their sale, manufacture and possession. Connecticut Governor Lowell Weicker plans to introduce a bill in February making it a crime for most people to be caught outside their home or business with a concealed weapon. Weicker says he intends for the law to lay the groundwork for an eventual ban on handguns in his state -- though as a lame-duck Governor he would be leaving the job of getting one as a tricky legacy...
Gelman was another key to the game. The freshman followed her career-high 11 point effort against Rhode Island with an eight point, two steal game in 21 minutes...
Case in point: quotes from the women's basketball team after its 77-57 loss to Rhode Island, published in the same issue of The Crimson. "I love the way the team played," said Coach Kathy Delaney Smith. "This is the best game we've had working as a team," said junior forward Tammy Butler. These banalities moved Mayer Bick to exclaim--in print--"What was the score again...