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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 2005
Page
3
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist argues it is not radical to require votes on judicial nominees and threatens to move to end Democratic filibusters. He says the judiciary must be independent and that respect, not retaliation, guides action while a showdown looms this spring or summer.
Former Israeli President Ezer Weizman, a WWII flying ace and pivotal figure in building the air force and shaping peace with Egypt, died at 80 in Caesarea after recent respiratory illnesses. He served 1993 to 2000 and shifted from hawk to dove, mentoring Palestinian engagement and reform, with a funeral planned for Tuesday.
AP reports early results of gene therapy delaying worsening in a few Alzheimer patients. Growth factors delivered into the brain show potential to revive dying cells, with one patient showing new tissue growth. researchers caution the approach is not a cure and requires more study.
A government report shows about 2.3 percent more inmates by June 30 2004 lifting the total to 2.1 million. The rise, about 900 new inmates weekly since mid-2003, reflects tough-on-crime policies and longer sentences with admissions exceeding releases.
The article notes rising incarceration rates with a 6.3 percent gain in federal prisoners in 2004. Malcolm Young of the Sentencing Project criticizes three decades of policies that prioritized prison as the main crime response, tracing back to the 1980s and 1990s.
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