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...Abscam sting have only themselves to blame or can they, like Hadleyburg, blame the stranger for leading them astray? This question lies at the heart of the uproar over the tactics used to catch public officials in the act of allegedly taking a bribe. Did they willingly commit a crime, if indeed a crime was committed, since the charges have not yet been filed? Or were they tricked into wrongdoing by a Government con game that took unfair advantage of them? At stake is the integrity not only of numerous Congressmen, but also to a degree the reconstituted...
...acceptable police device. In a 1973 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court recognized that infiltration by undercover agents is "one of the only practicable means of detection" in certain kinds of crime, notably drug transactions. In general, the court has ruled that as long as a defendant is "predisposed" to commit a crime, he cannot plead entrapment-that he was lured into breaking the law against his will or without his knowledge. An entrapment plea can be successful only if a law-enforcement agency has pressured or induced him to commit the crime. Thus the defendant must demonstrate that he would...
Energy Cooperation. In a most ambitious suggestion, the commission calls for an "accommodation between oil-producing and -consuming countries." Petroleum exporting nations, on their side, would guarantee levels of production and avoid sudden, large price increases. In return, the developed countries would commit themselves to a stiff conservation program and agree to index the price of oil to the real value of a group of strong currencies. The report also urges an all-out program to discover new oil and gas deposits in Third World countries...
DURHAM N.C.--Two Duke University students tried to commit suicide during exam period recently...
...Pentagon officials. SEC charges have been filed against scores of other major U.S. corporations in the past few years, and Textron responded the way most others have: it did not admit guilt, but declined to put up any defense. Instead, it agreed to an injunction ordering it not to commit any such acts in the future, and to reform its practices to make sure it did not. Case closed...