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...that allows parts for "Saturday night specials"-though not the guns themselves-to be imported; it would also require a"waiting period" for prospective gun buyers so that authorities could check for criminal records. But President Reagan remains opposed to gun control, and Congress is likely to pass only stiffer penalties for crimes committed with...
...trying for a stiffer sentence, did the Government run afoul of the Fifth Amendment's guarantee that no one will "be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb"? No, said Blackmun. He maintained that the object of the double-jeopardy clause was to spare a successful defendant the "ordeal" of successive trials. A judge's imposition of sentence, wrote Blackmun, lacks the "finality" of an acquittal, and thus may be altered...
Legitimate marketers hope for some relief from an international anticounter-feiting code that may be ratified in 1981. It calls for greater cooperation to apprehend copiers, as well as stiffer penalties for them. The aim is to make counterfeiting an important trade issue so that, as Alain Thrierr of the French Manufacturers Union says, "government authorities will have to answer...
...district attorney said he would ask for a stiffer sentence than the 12 to 15 years received by the first suspect last month...
...brunt of the blows. The seventh round was Ali's best of the fight, and even then he could only manage to stay even with the defending champ. Both men circled each other in ring center, with neither man able to gain an advantage, though Holmes' punches were obviously stiffer...