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...insanity plea his defense team will put forth, though even they seem to put little faith in the tactic. Defense attorney Thomas Bergstrom, when interviewing potential jury members, repeatedly asked if they thought the insanity defense was a "lawyer's trick," or a "legal loophole." Pennsylvania has strict standards for proving insanity, and juries are often skeptical of it as a defense...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Faced with the collapse of Atlantic fisheries and disturbing declines in the Pacific, the Clinton Administration said Friday it would impose strict regulations that could close many areas to fishing and significantly alter fishing practices in U.S. territorial waters. The cost has been severe. The cod populations of the Grand Banks have fallen 95 percent. Populations of breeding-age Atlantic bluefin tuna have fallen more than 90 percent. In many places, the losses of commercial fish stocks have been catastrophic, and in the last decade tens of thousands of fishermen have been forced to abandon their boats...
...would agree to cover the District's $5 billion liability to a municipal pension fund, pay a greater portion of its annual Medicaid bills, and create an incentive plan to stimulate investment in downtown and poor neighborhoods. Despite appearances of a hefty hand-out, the plan will come with strict budgetary strings attached, cautioned White House spokesman Mike McCurry, who touted the deal as a "plan of tough love." The District, for example, would no longer receive its annual $660 million federal stipend, and would be required to balance its multi-billion dollar budget by 1998, one year earlier than...
...person is immune, the specific name of a patient is printed. I want to make it clear that due to patient confidentiality considerations, the specific name of the patient was not provided by Professional Ambulance or by the paramedic listed. Every Harvard University student is instructed to maintain strict patient confidentiality during their training prior to participating in this program. Patient information in emergency medical services is exactly the same as the records in Harvard University Health Services, another hospital or the files in a doctor's office...
Another response to the tragedy: the House of Commons voted in October to tighten Britain's already strict gun laws, banning all handguns larger than .22 cal. Prince Philip, who opposes the law, set off a national furor last week when he complained, "If a cricketer, for instance, suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat, which he could do very easily, I mean are you going to ban cricket bats?" The Prince has since apologized...