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1996
DECEMBER
December 30, 1996
Good
Medicine?
The Federal government announced its intentions to prosecute or
revoke the licenses of doctors who prescribe marijuana. The government's move
follows the approval of referenda in Arizona and California legalizing marijuana
and other drugs for medicinal uses.
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December 18, 1996
FBI
Agent: AKA Russian Spy?
A veteran FBI agent, Earl Edwin Pitts, has been charged
with spying on the U.S. for Russia. |
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December 13, 1996
Update:
Proposition 209
An update on California's Proposition 209, the constitutional
amendment that would end the state's affirmative action programs. |
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December
10, 1996
Detention
Challenge
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments over a Kansas man convicted
of child molesting whose prison term is complete, but who the state does not want
to release. |
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December 9, 1996
Politics of Race
Is gerrymandering necessary to assure minority representation in Congress? The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a Georgia case that centers on that question. |
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December 4, 1996
Supreme
Court Watch
The Supreme Court hears a challenge to Arizona's English-only
law. |
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December 3, 1996
Gun
Battle
The U.S. Supreme Court hears a legal challenge to the Brady Gun Control
bill. |
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NOVEMBER
November 28, 1996
Denying
Care
There is a California proposal to cut off state-funded assistance to
prenatal care for illegal immigrants. |
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November 20, 1996
Crime
Spotters
Is new police surveillance equipment cutting into crime or civil
liberties? |
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November 14, 1996
Less
Legal Aid
Setting limits on legal aid: Betty Ann Bowser looks at the impact
of congressional budget decisions on this federal program for the poor. |
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November
7, 1996
Decriminalized
Marijuana
A new debate has been sparked after propositions passed in Arizona
and California that allow the purchase and use of marijuana for medical reasons.
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OCTOBER
October 31, 1996
Georgia
On Her Mind
The Supreme Court ruled in the summer of 1995 that the 11th District,
which had boundaries drawn solely on the basis of race, was among a number of
U.S. districts that would be declared unconstitutional. |
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October 29, 1996
Taking
Stock
A reports on Proposition 211, the controversial California ballot initiative
that would make it easier for stockholders to sue company officials for fraud.
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October 28, 1996
Rushing
To Judgment
Richard Jewell, the exonerated Olympic security guard who first
discovered a pipebomb minutes before it exploded at last summer's games in Atlanta,
held a press conference to talk about the how the FBI and the media have made
his life "a nightmare." |
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October 16, 1996
Drawing
The Line
The Supreme Court began hearing Wednesday a major First Amendment
case examining the right to unrestricted protest outside abortion clinics. |
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October 7, 1996
Blockbusters
On the opening day of the Supreme Court's new term, there are already 45 cases
to hear. Those referred to in the press as "blockbusters" -- because of their
controversial nature -- range from physician assisted suicide, to whether the
President of the United States can be sued in a civil case. |
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October 7,
1996
Smoked
Out
A new approach to stamping out teen smoking: undercover stings in your
local convenience store. |
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JULY
July 31, 1996
Pregnant
Teens
In an effort to combat rampant teen pregnancy, the state of California
is prosecuting--and jailing--more men who have sex with teenage girls. |
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July
5, 1996
Militia's
Day In Court
An update on the Arizona Viper Militia. There was a detention
hearing in Phoenix. |
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July 2, 1996
Viper
Militia - Up In Arms
A dozen members of the Viper Militia were arrested Monday
in Phoenix for allegedly plotting to blow up government buildings in that city.
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July 1, 1996
Standard
Of Living
A federal judge in Dallas recently ordered public housing to be
built in the mostly white, affluent suburbs of the city. |
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July 1, 1996
Supreme
Court On Reverse Discrimination
The Supreme Court decided not to hear
a case against the University of Texas Law School that challenged that school's
race-based admission policy. |
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JUNE
June 28, 1996
Supreme
Court Watch
Elizabeth Farnsworth takes a look at the decision handed down
by the Supreme Court involving indecency on cable television. |
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June
26, 1996
Co-Ed
Military Institute
After another busy day at the U.S. Supreme Court, Margaret
Warner talks with Stuart Taylor to survey the decisions, which included allowing
women cadets into the all-male Virginia Military Institute. |
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June 25, 1996
Making
Amends
President Clinton has joined the long list of politicians calling for
a constitutional amendment to protect victims' rights. The amendment would also
extend to victims' families and could impact the trial and punishment of criminals.
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June 25, 1996
Unabomber
Arraignment
Theodore Kaczynski was arraigned in federal court in Sacramento.
The alleged unabomber entered a "not guilty" plea to a 10-count indictment. He
was charged in four separate California bombings that killed two and injured two.
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June 24, 1996
Double
Jeopardy
The Supreme Court ruled in two cases involving double jeopardy
and the way this country has fought the drug problem. One case was from Michigan
and the other from California. |
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June 21, 1996
Three Strikes Law Is Out
Coverage on the repealing of California's "three
strikes" law that handed down a minimum 25 year sentence to a third time felon.
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June 13, 1996
Back To The Drawing Board
In a 5-4 decision handed down by the Supreme Court,
five congressional districts in North Carolina and Texas ceased to exist. The
states had designed the districts to contain a majority of minority voters. The
Court held that any district based predominantly on race was unconstitutional.
Following a
background report by Kwame Holman, Elizabeth Farnsworth discusses the case
with Eva Rodriguez, Supreme Court reporter for Legal Times and Court TV. |
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June 4, 1996
Building Pressure
As the Freemen standoff in Montana enters its 10th week,
FBI turned off power to the outlaws' ranch and moved helicopters and assault vehicles
into the area. Are the FBI ready to end the standoff with force, or will they
continue to peacefully wait out the Freeman? |
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June 3, 1996
Prisoner's Rights
The Supreme Court heard a case that will decide the constitutionality
of one provision in the recently passed Anti-Terrorism Act. |
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FEBRUARY
February
20, 1996
Real
Time?
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments on whether a trial judge properly
reduced mandatory prison terms for the two officers convicted in the Los Angeles
beating case of Rodney King. |
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February 20, 1996
Mandatory
Sentencing
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments about what is a "fair" amount
of time a convicted person must serve for a crime. |
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