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Executions
States carrying out penalty
at an increasing rate in '85
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — For the past
20 years, executions in the nation
were rarities. Now they occur, on av
erage, once every 10 days — and
that rate is speeding up.
James David Raulerson, who died
in Florida’s electric chair Wednes
day, was the fifth person executed in
the United States this year.
Law enforcement officials are re
luctant to predict how many con
demned murderers will die this year,
but scores of death row inmates are
perilously close to losing their battles
to stay alive.
There were 11 executions in the
first seven years after the Supreme
Court in f976 allowed states to re
instate capital punishment. In the
last 21 weeks, however, there were
15.
At first, time was on the side of
the inmates. There was only one ex
ecution in 1977; none in 1978; two
in 1979; none in 1980; one in 1981;
two in 1982; and five in 1983.
But last year, states put 21 inmates
to death . Now, in the first 30 days of
1985, five have been executed.
A sixth inmate who was scheduled
for execution Wednesday in Florida
was granted an indefinite stay Tues
day by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals in Atlanta.
The increase has been welcomed
by law enforcement officials who ar
gue that the death penalty is more
likely to deter crime if enforced reg
ularly.
“I can’t prove it but I believe it,”
said Georgia Attorney General Mi
chael Bowers.
The Supreme Court, expressing
growing impatience with an appeals
process that has helped keep hun
dreds of death row prisoners alive
years after their convictions, has
played an important role in the cur
rent speedup.
In July 1983', the justices ruled
federal appeals courts may take
short cuts to reject last-ditch efforts
to postpone executions. The court
said an appeals panel — rather than
routinely postponing executions —
may deny a postponement by decid*
ing that the issues in the underlying
appeal are without merit.
An overwhelming majority of
Americans supports capital punish
ment, and it is anyone’s guess
whether that public sentiment will
change if executions become signifi
cantly more frequent.
A Media General-Associated Press
survey released earlier this week
showed that an unprecedented 84
percent of Americans approve of the
death penalty, even though half of
those believe the death sentence is
not imposed fairly from case to case.
3 new bills introduced
to change tax system
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Agreeing
that Americans need still-lower tax
rates and that President Reagan’s
solid support is necessary, members
of Congress on Wednesday intro
duced three plans to make sweeping
chaqges in the federal income tax.
The bills share one major goal: all
three would reduce individual tax
rates although sponsors have differ
ent ideas on how to reach those
goals.
At one news conference Wednes
day, Sen. Bill Bradley, D-N.J., Rep.
Richard Gephardt, D-Mo., Rep. Jack
Kemp, R-N.Y., and his co-sponsor,
Sen. Robert Kasten, R-Wis., ap-
f >eared side by side urging support
or their different plans. A second
news conference provided a forum
for Sens. Dennis DeConcini, D-Ariz.,
and Steven Symms, R-Idaho, to spell
out their proposal.
Like most politicians, the presi
dent is on record favoring a tax sys
tem that is fairer and simpler than
the present one.
Tax overhaul is taking a backseat
on Capitol Hill while the lawmakers
look for ways to reduce the federal
deficit.
But that does not deter sponsors
of tax proposals from public dis
cussion of their ideas.
Here are key provisions affecting
individuals:
• Bradley-Gephardt would com
press the present tax-rate structure
(15 rates for single people, 14 for
joint returns, ranging from 11 per
cent to 50 percent) into three — 14
percent, 26 percent and 30 percent.
Sponsors say three-quarters of tax
payers would pay only the 14 per
cent rate.
Numerous deductions would be
eliminated; those that remained
would be applied only against the 14
percent rate. Personal exemptions
and standard deductions would be
increased. The first $11,200 earned
by a four-member family would be
tax-free. Automatic annual tax cuts
to offset inflation would be repealed.
• Kemp-Kasten features a single
24 percent tax rate, but in effect
there would be a two-rate structure
because the first 20 percent of wages
subject to Social Security tax —
S39,600 this year — would be
exempt from income taxes at most
income levels. Exemptions and stan
dard deductions would be raised. A
four-member family’s first $12,540
would be exempt. Automatic annual
tax reductions would be retained.
• The plan outlined by DeCon
cini and Symms is a true “flat tax”
because a single 19 percent tax rate
would apply to all taxable income.
A reception will be he(d
Thursday, January 31, 1985
at the Memorial Student Center,
Room 145, from 3:00-4:30 p.m.
honoring Pete L. Rodriguez.
Mr. Rodriguez is retiring
after fifty-two years
cf outstanding service
to Texas A&M University.
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