Letters to the Gazette shameful jeers on trial girls
Readers criticize coverage of the Edward Deasel murder trial and the Jefferson High School girls who called him cute. Letters condemn superficial judgment, urge empathy for the victim Jennifer Gardner, and defend balanced fact based reporting amid national attention.
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Jefferson High School
Edward Deasel
Edward Deases
Trisha Finn
Lehia Roberts
Deases
Business Law
Jefferson
Jennifer Gardner
Forgiveness, law and personhood across history
The essay links Holocaust denial and East German remorse to debates on legal personhood. It recalls 19th and 20th century rulings denying rights to Jews and unborn children, notes Sierra v Morton extending personhood to natural features, and questions the legitimacy of Supreme Court decisions while urging reflection on future rights for unborn people.
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Ernst Fraenkel
Germany
Reichsgericht
U.S. Supreme Court
Sierra Vs. Morton
Supreme Court
The
Call to halt military aid over El Salvador abuses
A historian and activists accuse Hernandez Martinez era El Salvador of genocidal actions and fascist influence in ARENA. They urge halting U.S. military aid to pressure peace talks and expose abuses by passing squads and government allies. Dana McConnell cautions over aid and ties to ARENA.
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el Salvador
Hernandez Martinez
U.S
Martinez
Jeane Kirkpatrick
Reagan
U.N
ARENA
Robert E. White
Living wage column questions use of public funds
Denise Fletcher of St. Patrick's Tama urges reform in how Job Training Partnership Act funds are spent. She cites Rev. Norm White's stand against using public money to subsidize IBP, arguing workers deserve a living wage and that Iowa should fund essentials and quality of life rather than subsidizing low pay.
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Norm White
Dubuque-Delaware County
Private Industry Council
IBP
Iowa
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