Revolving door justice prompts calls for tougher sentences
A U S editorial discusses repeated rearrests of offenders on bail parole or probation highlighting cases in Washington Los Angeles and Baltimore. It cites studies by the California justice department General Accounting Office and NY Citizens Inquiry on Parole noting high revocation rates and limited jail time. It weighs mandatory sentences flat time and parole reform with experts including James Q Wilson Alan Dershowitz and Edith Flynn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Department of Justice
General Accounting Office
U.S
New York
Citizens’ Inquiry On Parole and Criminal Justice
Alan Dershowitz
Harvard
Oil Industry Intensifies Push Against Divestiture Threat
Washington report details a multi-million dollar lobbying drive by the oil industry to defeat a Senate divestiture bill aimed at forcing 18 major oil firms to shed parts of their operations. API and major companies coordinate efforts including public campaigns, extensive meetings, and outreach to lawmakers and media, with Exxon leading a key effort deploying meetings, a musical presentation, stockholder mailings, and public appearances.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Charles di Bona
American Petroleum Institute
API
DiBona
Judiciary Committee
Senate
D.C
Exxon
New Acronyms Parade Prompts WANE Organization Joke
The column lists numerous acronym names like BALANCE CAMP COYOTE and DEFY with punchy expansions. The punchline notes a proposed group called WANE for Will Acronyms Never End, reflecting playful wordplay on naming trends.
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James Q. Wilson
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Edith E. Flynn
Northeastern University
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Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Senate Judiciary
Bayh
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Standard Oil Co. of
California
Institute
H.J. Haynes
Standard Oil
Harry Robert Sharbaugh
Sun Oil Co
Pennsylvania
The
Haynes
United States
Bell & Howell
W.T. Slick, Jr
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Shell
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Mobil
Standard Oil of California
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Sun
Phillips
Continental
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Ashland
Ralph Nader
Public Interest Research Group
Energy Action Committee
Paul Newman
Congressional Quarterly
Theodore M. Bernstein
Jack
Jim
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CAMP
Coyote
New York Times Syndicate
Iowa
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Jack Lankow
Jim Ratcliff
Bob Meader
Paul Smongeski
Dennis Ford
Bob Finch
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