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...reach out broadly across the Harvard community--to faculty, students, staff, alumni, and friends--to solicit both general advice and specific nominations. Responses to this letter will be a critical element of that process," he adds...
...this is not the end of the process; more change is in store. While Smith does not foresee a redesign of the site in the near future, changes to the HOLLIS library catalog are planned, according to the library website...
Despite a two-to-one advantage in the electorate, however, Kostunica's victory is far from certain. Milosevic is preparing to commit fraud on a level never seen before. Electoral committees are state-controlled and DOS can do little to ensure the legitimacy of the election process. The regime will eliminate the opposition supporters from the lists of eligible voters while allowing its supporters to vote under several names. Employees of state-run enterprises will receive pre-filled voting slips in advance. As if that was not enough, Milosevic is ready to openly steal the votes of the Kosovo Albanians...
Cellucci's first initiative, which would tie the hands of judges and turn the sentencing process into some sort of mathematical equation, is not the answer. Cellucci has said the state should adopt strict sentencing guidelines, drawn up in 1994 but never implemented. The sentencing rules would severely curtail a judge's discretion in determining a criminal's punishment. By matching a defendant's previous record against the crime, a grid would reveal the maximum penalty a judge could give. Two-thirds of that sentence would be the minimum. If the judge issued a sentence outside those bounds, either...
...regardless of how punitive the guidelines, the real concern is that they would restrict judges' ability to assign a punishment appropriate to each individual crime. Such a system, much like mandatory sentencing, eliminates a judge's experience and wisdom from the sentencing process. Instead, the decision is made by a grid that cannot consider any of the intangibles that might make a difference to a judge. No two crimes are the same; ignoring the circumstances does both defendants and prosecutors a disservice...