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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A rriincpackage that threatens tougher penalties on gang members and weapons violators is intended to rraek flown on criminals and give the public a greater sense of security, Gov. Evan Hayh says.“I hope it does both. Bayh said Tuesday after unveiling a series of proposals he said would combat “the tide ol crime and vt olence in virtually every community across Indiana.Bayh proposed the measures as the citv of Gary grappled withthe worst murder rate in its history.Gary Mayor Thomas V. Barnesblamed easy access to drugs and guns for the 110 murders in hiscity last year. Twenty-eight ofthose killed were 20 or younger.The city’s estimated murder rate of 91 per 100.000 residents puts it above the rate reported in recent years by Washington D.C., which has led the nation. The 1993 crime reports will not Ik* ready until November, the FBIsays.Bayh said the city deserves help to combat its high crime rate and that his bill would provide residents there and across the state with needed protection from gang and gun related violence.Under Bayh's bill:•16- and 17-year-olds would automatically be tried as adults for gang related Illegal activity. Gang-related murders, including drive-by fatal shootings, wouldbecome punishable by death.•The illegal possession of ahandgun would become a felony carrying a maximum three-year term. A violation currently is amisdemeanor punishable by upto one year.•Parents could be punished foi leaving firearms within reach of children when a death or wounding results. The maximum penalty would be one year in jail.•Schools would be surroundedby 1.000-foot handgun-freezones. Violators would face possible eight-year terms.
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Rushville Republican
Rushville, Indiana, US
Wed, Jan 05, 1994
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