Taking off on a book title from Texan gadfly Jim Hightower: If the gods meant us to give an endorsement for Monroe County District Attorney, they would have given us a candidate… who firmly opposes the death penalty. Unfortunately, both candidates on the ballot, Mike Green (Democratic and Crime Prevention parties) and Ann Marie […]
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Toughing it out for DA
Since the Nixon era begat the “modern ‘get tough’ movement” — to use the Sentencing Project’s term — the criminal justice system has been rough on people. A new Sentencing Project study says the US rate of incarceration in 2002 hit “a record high” of 702 inmates per hundred thousand population. Russia took second place, […]
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News briefs 9.17.03
‘Prime’ numbers A couple Monroe County towns fired their leaders last week. In Chili, incumbent supervisor Steve Hendershott lost to County Legislator Tracy Logel in the Republican primary, 1,207 to 815. Hendershott goes on to the general election on the Conservative and Independence lines, but insists he won’t campaign. Likewise, Channing Philbrick lost […]
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Cops, secrecy, and the grand jury
When two city cops shot 14-year-old Craig Heard to death last month, did the Rochester Police Department conduct a thorough, unbiased investigation?
