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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1986
Page
3
Washington AP reports a government study showing more than half of murderers released from state prisons in 1983 served under seven years, with rapists under four. The Bureau of Justice Statistics notes a 19 month median for all offenders, and life sentence median of eight years and seven months.
Former president Ferdinand E. Marcos says he is not corrupt and may return from exile to rescue Filipinos from a “monster” he calls enslaving them. He accuses Corazon Aquino of looting, claims American government elements aided the ouster, and writes that slavery will not be accepted.
President Reagan plans federal legislation to reshape liability insurance coverage, limit jury awards and attorney fees, based on a March 17 interagency study. The plan aims to ease insurance availability amid rising damages in malpractice cases, with medical awards averaging $1 million from 1975 to 1985, and may mix federal standards with state actions.
West Virginia endures its worst fire season in a decade as arson and trash burning ignite brush from Alabama to Kentucky and Ohio. Two firefighters died this past week while teams from New Mexico and Arizona joined Kentucky's national forest battle. Twelve fires exceed 300 acres and many others remain burning as little rain is forecast.
In Portadown, Northern Ireland, clashes between Protestant marchers and police left 49 injured, including 13 officers and 36 civilians, after about 3,000 Defied a ban on the Protestant march. Police fired 125 plastic bullets as 400 to 500 youths hurled bricks.
The Supreme Court heard arguments on whether consenting adults have a constitutional right to private homosexual conduct. Georgia and others defend sodomy laws as moral tradition, while Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe argues for liberty limits on such intrusions. A ruling is expected by July, with the lower court ruling that the Georgia law may violate a fundamental right under heightened scrutiny.
About 20,000 black mourners gathered at a soccer stadium in Zwide for the memorial of Moses Mabhi da, a black nationalist leader who died in exile. Activist Mkchalesi Jack announced a regional boycott of white businesses would resume April 7, citing police killings, including 11 deaths in Kwazakele, and noting past disruptions after funerals.
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