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Monday • June 2,199
Analysts hope crime drop
signals decreased violence
WASHINGTON (AP) — Violent
crimes reported to police dropped by
a record 7 percent in 1996 as overall se
rious crime declined for a fifth consec
utive year, the FBI reported Sunday.
Led by record declines of 11 per
cent in murders and 6 percent in ag
gravated assaults, preliminary FBI
figmes showed that violent crimes
of murder, rape, robbeiy and aggra
vated assault together had the
largest one-year decline in the 35
years since the FBI began reporting
year-to-year comparisons in 1961.
The far more numerous property
crimes of burglary, larceny-theft and
auto theft dropped by 3 percent.
All together, the seven serious re
ported crimes logged a 3 percent
decline, the largest since 1982.
“The tide is turning, but there’s a
lot more to do,” said James Alan Fox,
dean of criminology at Northeast
ern University. “Increased crime
rates can be contagious; so can de
creasing crime rates.”
“There can be momentum. When
we’re hopeless, we retreat. But when
crime comes down, people feel bet
ter and safer. They get together to
take charge of neighborhoods.,” Fox
said. “That cohesion and coopera
tion brings crime down more.”
President Clinton and Attorney
General Janet Reno credited their
1994 crime bill, which toughened
sentences and has paid for 57,000
new local police officers in commu
nity-oriented programs; the Brady
law, which has thwarted tens of thou
sands of illegal gun sales; and juve
nile-crime-prevention programs.
“The continued downward trend
over the past four years is further ev
idence that we are on the right track
with increased community policing,
tougher penalties and greater juve
nile crime prevention,” Clinton said.
They appealed for passage of
Clinton proposals to add prosecu
tors and penalties for youth and
gang violence, to prevent teenagers
from purchasing handguns and to
provide after-hours youth programs
in schools. Clinton said a House-
passed bill designed to try more ju
veniles as adults falls short.
Rep. Bill McCollum, R-Fla., chair
man of House subcommittee that
produced the bill, said, “Even with
these declines, it is still four times
more likely that you are going to be
raped, robbed, assaulted or mur
dered than it was in 1960.”
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Clinton to face harassment trial
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi
dent Clinton is ready to give
Paula Jones her day in court and
prove that her claims of sexual
harassment are false, his lawyer
said Sunday. Jones’ attorneys said
they now want money as well as
an apology from the president.
Clinton’s lawyer, Robert Bennett,
also indicated he could get rough,
by making an issue of Jones’ sexual
past, if her side tries to make its case
by contending that Clinton has a
history of sexual affairs. “I’m pre
pared to play that one either way,
and we are going to win at the end
if we do,” Bennett said.
As played out on the Sunday
news programs, chances of an out-
of-court settlement appeared dim.
Bennett said Clinton would
never admit to or apologize for an
incident he insists never hap
pened. Jones’ lawyers, Gilbert
Davis and Joseph Cammarata,
said any deal must include Clin
ton’s acknowledgment that Jones
truthfully claimed that he propo
sitioned her in an Arkansas hotel
room in 1991 and his confirmation
that she did nothing wrong.
They said they are now recom
mending that she also be com
pensated by the president. Jones
has said she won’t profit from the
case, but Cammarata said that
“given the three years of hell that
she has been
Clinton
put through...,
she’s entitled
to some com
pensation.”
The aggres
sive strategy
outlined by
Bennett was in
response to
the Supreme
Court’s ruling last Tuesday that the
Constitution does not shield a sit
ting president from lawsuits
concerning acts unrelated to his
official duties. Clinton was gov
ernor of Arkansas at the time of
the alleged incident.
Clinton’s side had argued that the
case be put aside because presidents
should not be distracted by civil law
suits while they are in office.
The high court did say that the
presiding judge could delay pro
ceedings to accommodate the
president’s schedule, and Ben
nett said he would take legal ac
tions that could put off going to
trial. But, speaking on NBC’s
“Meet the Press,” Bennett said
that “if Paula Jones insists on
having her day in court and re
quires an apology, then, as far as
I’m concerned, let’s get on with it
and let’s get this over with.”
Bennett said he spoke Satur
day night with Clinton and was
told to “tell the American people
that this did not happen in any
manner, shape or form as alleged
in this malicious complaint.”
Asked why Clinton did not di
rectly rebut the charges, he said: “I
don’t think it is appropriate for the
president of the United States to
get down in the gutter where Miss
Jones wants to drag him.”
He said his three conditions
for settlement are that the presi
dent not apologize for or admit to
any action that did not take place
and not agree to a financial reso
lution that leaves the implication
that he did something wrong.
“I guess we are going to trial,”
Cammarata said on television when
asked about those conditions.
Bennett did propose a possible
compromise: Fie said he was will
ing to take Jones up on her
promise to donate any profits
from the trial to charity.
Justices rush to finish before break
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Supreme Court’s annual springtime
sprint toward its summer recess
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ber of high-profile decisions this
year, including one that could touch
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sitting around waiting to get decided.”
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haps as early as Monday — the
court must decide whether states
can make it a crime for doctors to
give life-ending drugs to mentally
The justices
usually save the
blockbusters for the
end, but after two
relatively quiet
terms, the 1996-
1997 term is chock
full of profoundly
significant issues..”
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University of Minnesota
law professor
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from New York and Washington state,
but most states have similar laws.
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vide answers in these closely
watched controversies:
—Does a federal law aimed at
curbing smut on the Internet vio
late free-speech rights?
—Is a key provision of the feder
al Brady gun-control law invalid be
cause it requires local police to
check backgrounds of prospective
gun buyers but offers no money to
cover the costs?
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last year in giving the president un
precedented authority to veto spe
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—Can states keep locked up sex
ually violent predators who have
served their prison sentences and
are not deemed mentally ill?
—Does a 1993 federal law aimed
at curbing governmental interfer
ence with Americans’ spiritual lives
usurp too much power from feder
al courts or the states?
—Should the justices reverse their
1985 decision and let public school
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when Congress, as expected, votes final approval for a
blueprint to a balanced-budget in 2002. But that won’t
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promise of future cuts that may never occur.
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CHICAGO (AP) — The old MVPwa
the game after the new MVP chokl s(
at the free throw line.
Michael Jordan hit a 21-foL- a
jumper at the buzzer after Karl"
one missed two free throws with 9.2
seconds left, giving the defencrf
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ished second.
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“It was nip and tuck down thP
stretch. I missed a free throw and <
Karl comes down and misses twoflit
lion baby boomers as they start to retire in 2008.
The budget agreement leaves room for changes
that could yield long-term savings in Medicare, such
as creating new health-care options that elderly re
cipients could choose.
“I almost see this deal as brush clearing,” said
Martha Phillips, executive director of The Concord
Coalition, a bipartisan anti-deficit group. “This in some
ways removes the last remaining excuse for not dealing
with” the longer-range problems.
“It’s not the end-all,” acknowledged House Budget
Committee Chairman John Kasich, R-Ohio, an archi
tect of the pact. “But boy, is it a giant first step.”
The House and Senate hope finally to approve by
midweek an outline of the budget-balancing plan.
Jordan said. “The MVPs didn't wlii
much down the stretch. Fortunately,!
was able to knock the shot in dowit
the stretch.” Itre
Jordan, a four-time MVP finished!:,
with 31 points on 13-of-27 shooting;
with eight assists and four rebounds.
Malone, who missed seven of his first
eight shots from the field, had 23
points and 15 rebounds.
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pole vault, Brits disposed of American
Lawrence Johnson to capture the’ ‘|
event in the One-to-One Challenge on
Sunday with a leap of 19 feet, 41/4
inches before setting his sights on a I
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$1 million bonus.
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in the world and holder of the 1 !
American record at 19-7 1/2,
could clear only 18-10 1/4.
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the fastest paralympian in the world.
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Neil Fuller at the 70-meter mark to
capture the event in 11.69.
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PARIS (AP)— It’s probably not a good
idea to call anyone a favorite amongthe]
men at the French Open. He’ll lose.
First, Pete Sampras and Thomas
Muster made early exits. Now, the
man many picked to win after those
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tery wind on center court, the eight! i
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the same enemy: the wind.
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day,” Corretja said.
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