Court May Have Opened Civil Rights Floodgate
A civil rights lawyer says the Supreme Court’s ruling restricting race based jury exclusion could overturn hundreds of guilty verdicts. The 6-3 decision retroactively applies last year’s ban on race based peremptory challenges to defendants with unexhausted appeals, potentially reopening appeals and revoking convictions, as in the cases of Randall Lamont Griffith and Willie Davis Brown.
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Sinatra recovering after follow up surgery in Hawaii
Frank Sinatra 71 is recovering in Hawaii from follow up surgery for a 12 inch section of his large intestine removed after November surgery for acute diverticulitis. Spokeswoman Susan Reynolds said the procedure occurred Tuesday after taping Magnum P I and offered no further details.
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Computers Fight Tax Cheats With New IRS Computer Program
The Internal Revenue Service will target more than 300,000 nonfilers from 1984 with a computerized substitute return and tax bill. Pilot in 1987 cleared 55,000 delinquents. full program aims to collect over 2 billion in taxes this year and 3.25 billion in 1988 from about 500,000 nonfilers. Assistant Commissioner William Wauben says the program targets a hard core of greed driven cheaters across incomes.
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Tax reform falls short says Bruce Bartlett in harsh critique
Bruce Bartlett argues tax reform leaves loopholes for wealthy interests and protection for homeowners. He calls for eliminating state tax deductions, taxing Social Security, and ending home mortgage interest deductibility to boost federal revenue and reduce inequities.
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Rich Poor Gap Feared by Civil Rights Leader
Washington AP Reagan administration policies blamed for widening the gap between rich and poor say National Urban League President John E. Jacob in The State of Black America 1987 report. He cites 3 million new jobs mostly in low paying retail and service work and notes rising racism and attacks from Howard Beach to The Citadel.
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