Snitch loopholes prompt plea for drug law reform
A PBS Frontline report on the 1980s and 1990s war on drugs highlights mandatory minimums and snitch incentives. It argues big fish avoid harsh penalties while small dealers and couriers face life sentences, urging reform of the law.
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Bubbah
PBS
Frontline
Ofra Bikel
Pbs.org
Sen
Orrin Hatch
Utah
Sen. Hatch
Congress
Little Fish
Big Fish
Sentencing Commission
Bikel
Notable quotes on policy and culture span from Gore to O'Hair
A mosaic of quotes covers urban sprawl policy, Senate impeachment, religious freedom, school safety, custody battles, and a landmark sports memorabilia sale. Figures include Vice President Al Gore, Diane Knippers, Lindsey Graham, Sherry Clark, Barton O Kelley, H A Mac McClearen, April Divilbiss, Sandra Day O Connor, Madalyn Murray O Hair, Margaret Hodge, and Arlen Ettinger.
Hodges pushes video gambling tax and referendum in SC
South Carolina state politics feature Jim Hodges proposing a heavy tax on video gambling profits and calling for a public referendum on keeping the industry legal. He would earmark tax proceeds for education and urges strict monitoring and regulation of the industry.
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Jim Hodges
South Carolina
Hodges
State Supreme Court
University of South Carolina
Clemson University
Arthur Ravenel
Mount Pleasant
College of Charleston
The
Citadel
Medical University of South Carolina
Year of the Rat claims Clinton aids Chinese interests
Former staffers Timperlake and Triplett allege Bill Clinton granted favors to Chinese arms dealers spies and narcotics traffickers and aided Chinese military modernization. They accuse Hillary Clinton and Lippo ties of funding and cover-ups, urging impeachment and Senate conviction while calling on Americans to pressure senators.
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Clinton
Congressional
Timperlake
Triplett
Bill Clinton
Communist Party
United States
Charlie
Bill
Trie
Riady
Lippo
People’s Republic of China
Webster Hubbell
Whitewater
Larry Klayman
Judicial Watch
Letter defending Lt. Frank Conoly amid assault claim
A retired North Augusta reader urges witnesses to back Lt. Frank Conoly of the Aiken County Public Safety Dept in a dispute over two young women alleging he stopped them for no reason and used a billy club. The writer argues a 20 year veteran would not risk his career without cause and calls for peer support and fair media treatment.
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Washington
Bruno
Congress
Boston Celtics
Len
Congressional Sentencing Commission
Frank Conoly
Aiken
Conoly
Naacp and
Civil Liberties Union
Department
Betty Widgeon
North
Augusta
Letters to the Editor Policy at Aiken Standard
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Aiken Stannara
Aiken Standard
Aiken
S.C
Srescape.net
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al Gore
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National Council of Churches
Diane Knippers
Institute On Religion and Democracy
Oval Office
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R.S.C
Senate
Sherry Clark
Denver
Karen Davidson
Pennsylvania
Barton O’kelley
York County
David Beasley
April Divilbiss
Memphis, Tenn
Supreme Court
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Madalyn Murray O'Hair
Margaret Hodge
Great Britain
Arlen Ettinger
Guernsey
Mark McGwire
New York
Babe Ruth
Yankee Stadium
Gore
Scott B. Hunter
Angela R. Nalley
Jeffrey B. Wallace
Ellen C. Priest
Asians Lidetvisor
James R. Bennett Jr
Charleston
Post and Courier
Myrtle Beach
Sun News
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Ernest “Fritz” Hollings
D-S.c
Walter Nixon
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