Word: weekend
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...efforts to portray Gov. Michael S. Dukakis as soft on crime, Bush has relentlessly reiterated the story of Willie Horton, a convicted murderer who raped a Maryland woman while on a weekend furlough from a Massachusetts prison...
...under Dukakis' predecessor, Republican Ed King, and that California had an almost identical program under then-Governor Ronald Reagan. They remind voters that as Vice President, Bush never objected to the furlough program for federal prisoners, even when a convicted murderer raped a woman in Arizona while on a weekend furlough...
...Weekend furloughs remind inmates of what life is like "on the outside," providing a powerful incentive for good behavior behind bars. Furloughs give inmates a taste of freedom and make them anxious for release. Thus, they behave well in hope of parole, or at least another furlough. More importantly, furloughs prepare inmates to re-enter society upon their release, thus reducing prison recidivism...
...Weekend furloughs are a useful tool even for inmates serving life sentences. When a prisoner has no hope of release, he has nothing to lose. He becomes more likely to escape, act violently, and riot...
Making the trip from as far as Thailand and as near as Tufts, throngs of maritime fans will flock to the banks of the Charles River this weekend for the famed New England sports tradition--the Head of the Charles...