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Police were shocked at the pitiless confessions Dodd offered freely upon arrest. His crimes easily persuaded a jury to condemn him, but they had a far more incendiary effect on public sentiment toward sex offenders in general. As Dodd's story unfolded in court, pressure mounted on Governor Booth Gardner and state lawmakers to pass what became a uniquely tough law. It requires that convicted sex offenders register with police wherever they move; that authorities must let the community know about the felon in their midst; and, most controversial, that the state be allowed to lock up repeat offenders after...
With nationalist sentiment the ruling emotion, the war-crimes charges may have added cachet to some candidates. Washington had linked ultra-nationalist leader Vojislav Seselj and Serb militia chief Zeljko ("Arkan") Raznjatovic to Bosnian atrocities. Both were elected to the Serbian parliament. Though British Prime Minister John Major joined George Bush in pushing for enforcement of the U.N.-ordered no-fly zone over Bosnia, the Serbs showed no sign of backing off. The elections only emphasized their continuing defiance and kept Milosevic firmly in control...
...love for the U.S., and more than 90% said Hispanics should learn English. Also, more than 65% feel that there are too many immigrants. Rodolfo O. de la Garza of the University of Texas at Austin, the survey's head researcher, says European immigrants developed the same anti-newcomer sentiment. Ironically, it's an attitude as American as apple...
...That sentiment finds wide agreement among experts on right-wing extremism, who see a crackdown as only part of the solution. "Xenophobia in the public is still relatively strong, and it is being separated ((from the criminal acts)). There is nothing in this ((program)) to overcome it," says Wilhelm Heitmayer, a social scientist at the University of Bielefeld. He argues that the crackdown has the misleading effect of "reinterpreting" the attacks as being those of a few criminals on the periphery. Among the statistics experts use to illustrate the depth of the problem is a poll this month...
Lapenn stressed, however, that RUS has notbacked down on its stance on final clubs. She saidshe feels the popularity of the caps is a sign ofthe strong anti-final clubs sentiment on campus...