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...hearing Wednesday, lawyers for Suzanne M. Pomey ’02 filed motions to suppress her statement to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) and to be tried separately from her co-defendant Randy J. Gomes ’02 following allegations that the two stole over $90,000 from the Hasty Pudding Theatricals...
While HUPD spokesperson Steven G. Catalano said he could not comment on the specifics of the case, he said that it was not unusual for a defense attorney to attempt to suppress a client’s statement...
There is nothing new or scientifically subtle about these drugs: they squash testosterone levels and therefore suppress sexual hunger. (High, long-term doses of the drugs are known as "chemical castration," a misnomer because sex drive returns if the injections stop.) But together, drugs and counseling can be effective. Contrary to popular perception, a raft of studies has shown that once in treatment, few pedophiles relapse. In 1991 the American Journal of Forensic Psychiatry published a study of 400 of Berlin's patients; only 1.2% of those who had complied with his 2 1/2-year treatment were known to have molested...
...clever manipulation of language. There’s something somewhat conventional about the story line—it’s about an American family about whom bad things happen—and I wanted to produce strong feelings through this story of a family trying to suppress all feelings.” This description seems to suggest that Marcus’ new novel, Notable American Women, addresses a not uncommon subject in American fiction...
...Marcus is actually the protagonist of this novel, and he tells the story of his (entirely fictional) upbringing, for which the description “trying to suppress all feelings” should be taken quite literally. The novel opens with an angry letter ostensibly written by his father, urging us to ignore the lies that Ben will tell us, and it closes with a piece attributed to his mother, chastising his father for Ben’s shortcomings...