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Twelve Harvard students will file a lawsuit on Thursday against the state of New Hampshire and its state police, charging that the students were "clubbed and maced" in an unnecessarily violent "violation of their civil right to protest" at the Seabrook nuclear power plant, Kevin Powers, attorney for the group and member of the Seabrook Coalition for Direct Action, said yesterday...
...teen-ager to know a teenager, juvenile juries in Denver are deciding the sentences given to some first-time offenders at the junior and senior high school level. The student jurors, volunteers all, pass sentence only on young people who have admitted guilt and signed contracts with the district attorney's office agreeing to abide by whatever penalty their peers impose. The juries handle such crimes as assault, possession of dangerous weapons or marijuana-all but the most serious. Typical sentences include unpaid community service, obeying tight curfews, avoiding the city's high-crime Capitol Hill area, attending...
Denver County District Attorney Dale Tooley, who with Steinberg presented the jury program to the students last spring, believes one reason for its success is that the kids get a hearing within days after their arrest, instead of brooding for two or three months while awaiting conventional trial. More important perhaps is the program's philosophy that young people are responsible for their actions, coupled with close followup: the district attorney's office remembers delinquents on holidays and birthdays-even after they have left the program-and makes sure that they observe whatever curfew...
Edward W. Powers, associate general counsel for labor relations, said yesterday Diane Frazer, and attorney in his office would be handling the negotiations with Local 300, Frazer was unavailable for comment yesterday...
...Hampshire authorities defended the actions of the state troopers and national guard. Police were placed in "difficult, trying, and sometimes even dangerous situations," N.H. Gov. Hugh Gallen said Monday. Other state officials, including Attorney General Thomas Rath, were on hand to watch the police disperse crowds...