Page 6/The Battalion/Friday, March 2, 1984
Probation plan offered
Warped
by Scott McCu!
United Press International
HARTFORD, Conn. — A
strict probation program to free
;port said probation
nave become swollen
nonviolent criminals from over
crowded prisons but monitor
their lives closely was proposed
Thursday by the Citizen’s
Crime Commission.
In a report to the state, the
commission said intensive pro
bation programs in six states
have cut costs by providing an
alternative to incarceration and
successfully deterred future
crimes.
“This is an important, posi
tive first step toward making
probation truly effective, and
relieving prison overcrowding,”
said Richard Blumenthal, the
commission’s chairman.
The commission, a private
non-profit organization, has
been studying improvements to
the state’s criminal justice sys
tem.
The
programs
with a tremendous number of
criminals and contributed to a
reliance on incarceration by
courts. “Regular probation is
overwhelmed by huge case
loads, and no longer entails any
real supervision or sanction,”
Blumenthal said.
In the proposed program, 30
criminals would report to one
E robation officer, considerably
:ss than the 260 prisoners now
reporting to one officer. It will
require hiring more probation
officers, but the commission
said money will be saved on in
carceration costs.
The state would pay only
$2,000 per criminal for proba
tion, compared with $13,000
for incarceration.
The intensive probation pro
gram targeted at New Haven,
Bridgeport, and Hartford
would be open to an elite group
of 300 low-risk, nonviolent of
fenders serving sentences un
der three years, the commission
said.
Only 13 percent of the cur
rent population would be eligi
ble for the $600,000 program,
now used in Georgia, New
York, New Jersey, Texas,
Washington and Wisconsin.
The commission also sug
gested the state use a panel of
judges to decide eligibility on a
case-by-case basis, rather than
using existing probation laws.
Once enrolled in the proba
tion program, the offender
would be under the constant
watch of the slate. The proba
tion officer would keep track of
the offender’s job, living condi
tion and use of drugs or alco
hol.
The state could even man
date curfews for a participant
or prohibit his “association with
certain individuals,” the report
said.
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Gov. Mark White publicly announced his sup
port for Democrat Neeley Lewis, candidate for
the Texas House, Thursday.
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said. “But we have seem
Democratic leadership has
brought Texas to the forefront
of the nation, Gov. Mark White
said Thursday during a press
conference at Easterwood Air
port. White announced his en
dorsement of Democratic can
didate Neeley Lewis in the
District 14 state representative’s
White was rest
iponding to a
comment made last week by
Sen. Kent Caperton who said a
Democratic legislator wouldn’t
have any trouble getting in to
see the governor.
That’s not saying a Republi
can would have a hard time get
ting in, White said.
“If they cooperate, they (Re
publicans) can get in,” W'hite
resistance.
The main issue ihrod
the Dim 11< i I I state reprea
tive’s race has been parttq
tion. Lewis maintains tlu|
majority of leaders in Aa
are Democrats. By ekeq
Republican, Brazos Coa
would i isk losing theleadns
position they hold, Lewissw
Lewis’ major oppooetj
publican Richard Smith,!
legislator’s effectivenesscaij
guaranteed by his predetesj
Although White agreei
l^rwis, he said party a -
should not )>e an issue oil
campaign. White said hes
dorsing Lewis because hej
provide great leadership.
“Neeley Lewis is a a
leader and the kind of ini|
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with," White said.
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By KARI WEEKS
Reporter
Texas Land Commissioner
Garry Mauro spent 15 minutes
at Easterwood Airport Thurs
day, criticizing Republicans and
endorsing Democratic stale rep
resentative candidate Neeley
Lewis.
Lewis is running against Re
publican Richard Smith and
Democrat John Seaman for the
District 14 state House seat be
ing vacated by Bill Presnal. The
election is March 10.
Mauro, Texas A&M class of
’69, said that Republicans in
Texas are out of step with the
rest of the state.
For example, when a propo
sal to provide state-supported,
low-interest housing loans to
veterans passed the Texas
House in 1983, 1J of the 12 nay
votes came from Republicans.
“They didn’t support veter
ans groups, and I think that
shows in a very small way how
the Republican Party is i
times out of step,” he said.
Few Republicans havel
elected to statewide offal
Texas history Mauro saidj
here is a reason for that.
“The Democrats in Tfj
have a record; we’re proud5
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have to work a lot harder.” |
Mauro said he has known
wis for a long time. “I thini
(Lewis) would be our best
in Austin to represent
County," Mauro said.
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A&M and Brazos County ! L u n j vers j
tell you, as someone who sic Thursday to
the Permanent University^ mencement
Board and most ^mot at the M
boards for leases, that ha' moving it ini
Neeley Lewis in the state He c enter
of Representatives would H yjp admit
asset to Brazos County.” |j er decided
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SAN ANTONIO — A
woman who developed a par
alyzing disease after receiving a
swine flu vaccination in 1976
was awarded $246,000 by a fed
eral judge, court officials said
Thursday.
Chief U.S. District Judge Wil
liam Sessions ordered the
award Wednesday for Jo Ann
Dubie, 33, after a two-day trial.
Dubie filed suit against the
government following her par
ticipation in the 1976 Swine Flu
Immunization Program, r(
ing her shod, at the Step!
County Health Unit in T<
Ga., testimony showed.
Dubie’s attorneys argued
she developed Guillatn Ih
Syndrome, which affects the|
ripheral nerves and causes
tial paralysis and respiraM
failure, after she took theVI
nation.
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