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age 2 , 1982 local Battalion/Page 3 November 2, 1982 inckley case examined L we must™ that willalwj Roosevelt wj ‘ad the fenj he seed to c recovery 11 he cared fl ive himdniei ter World! reener “law his lawn a nerican soritti - his lawngrti ed on his la turn to weed e work of ok house on tin - *s and wasl •me of man’s int the few' , but this It! ve tried tola s that itwouU i. ie lawn has® ' and thesed ■n we will han hint newsed md be ire. Butii ill the soil aid ied our o»i iven’t been ouroi tient and stan hdpp. Sti aat when I r that weta we hire go n Weiss '8 8p|| i V c ' |g? staff photo by Irene Mees uart Taylor talks with Jeff Danuhger, a sophomore history major from Houston, before his speech. by Shellee Bratton Battalion Reporter The jury found Hinckley not guilty of shooting President Ronald Regan and three other men by reason of insanity, but Stuart Taylor, the legal corres pondent for the New York Times said they should have found Hinkley guilty but men tally ill. Taylor, who spoke Monday night at Rudder Forum, covered the Hinckley trial from begin ning to end and still entertains a correspondance with him. He explained that although Hinc kley was obviously mentally ill, he knew the difference between right and wrong and made a conscious decision to shoot Pres ident Reagan, and thus was not insane. “Hinckley’s mind was as much evil as it was sick.” Taylor said. “He had knowledge of what he was doing no matter how bizarre his motives were.” The ambiguousness of the in sanity clause was a major factor that contributed to Hinckley’s acquittal, Taylor said. Although the insanity clause is so broad that it “undermines the idea of free will that the legal system is based upon,” he doesn’t think that it should be abolished. In stead, he offers three alterna tives that would prevent it from being so manipulated again. First, the burden should be on the defendant to prove his own insanity. It is now the duty of the prosecution to prove that the de fendant is sane and responsible for his own actions. The prob lem with this, Taylor said, is that it is difficult to prove that anyone is sane beyond a reason able doubt. Taylor also recommended that the legal definition of insan ity should be narrowed and made clearer. He called the pre sent definition a “linguistic bowl of mush,” and added that he didn’t think that thejurors in the Hinckley trial understood it when they passed their verdict. Taylor said that the jurors were limited by the three possi ble verdicts of guilty, not guilty, and not guilty by reason of in sanity. He suggested that the verdict of guilty but mentally ill should have been added to the choices. Under this verdict, as proposed by Taylor, a defen dant would be subject to psychiatric treatment, and would face a prison term after being “cured.” Under the not guilty by reason of insanity ver dict, a defendant can be allowed back into society once he is pro nounced cured. Taylor said if Hinckley acts normal, he could probably be out of the institution and back in society in five years. If that is the case, Taylor said, Jodie Foster will constantly have to have body guards with her. Program ups student loans by Jennifer Carr Battalion Stall R.M. Logan, director emer- of student financial aid at exas A&M University, has itarted a program which will mble local banks to finance note guaranteed student loans. The Southeast Texas Higher Education Authority purchases ban notes from local banks, mabling the banks to use that noney for more loans, said xigan, who directed the student financial aid office for 18 years lefore he retired. Through die Guaranteed itudent Loan program, the fed- :ral government assumes re- tonsibility for paying student nans interest until the student leaves school. Banks receive only the in to on the loan until the stu dents begin to repay the princi- In the new' program, the federal interest goes to the Au thority to cover interest on kinds used to finance the prog ram. A student can borrow money his freshman year and gin to repay it until after his doctorate, Logan said. Most local banks are small, igan said, and do not have the funds to finance all the long term student loan applications they receive. When banks sell loan notes to the Authority, the money becomes available for more student loans, Logan said. The Authority, which is gov erned by eight members of a board of directors, then notifies the student and continues to ser vice the loan until the student pays in full. The program operates th rough sale of the bonds, HOSOOCCOOOOCOOCOOCCO* Logan said. Although the group was authorized two years ago, market conditions and changing government rules have made bond sales unfeasible until this year. Logan said the group sells the bonds to an underwriter, who sells them on the open market. The money from the first 5,000- bond issue at $5,000 each totaled $25 million. It will fbe used to purchase notes over the next three years, he said. 1- zooooocz Logan said the Authority is not involved in the loan applica tion process. To receive a loan, a student must take an applica tion, available from the student financial aid office, to a lending institution which participates in the GSL program. Entire Stock 20% Save Up to $ 9! OFF Look down at your athletic shoes. Have they about had it.. Pair Up now at LEWIS SHOES, in new NIKES. Entire stock 20. off this week... Men’s, Women’s and Kids’. We have an extensive selection .. a full size range, to fit you. Nylon, Leather or Canvas. Court Shoes, Jogging Shoes, Basketball Shoes. 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