ANTI-DRUG WAR CORRUPTS TOO MANY
Again, in 1997, drug-war corruption took its toll on law enforcement in Chicago and around the world. Recently, three Chicago police officers were convicted of robbing suspected drug dealers and...
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FUTILE DRUG WAR
The Tribune reported the arrest of a dozen gang members on drug charges (MetroSouthwest, Oct. 1) and the announcement made by Will County State's Atty. James Glasgow, "We cut the...
JUSTICE TOOK TOO LONG IN REMAP CASE
In a lead editorial ("A bad map, a decent ruling," June 11), the Tribune commented that of the bad choices available to him in the Chicago ward remap case, "(U.S....
TAXPAYERS MUGGED
Little did Ora Riley realize that by taking $20 from a homeless man at knife point, he would slice off a half million dollars from Illinois taxpayers, the likely cost...
LEGAL DISCRETION
As the Beverly Heard tale is exposed before a Cook County criminal jury, lawyers will recall their training--all crimes are a breach of "the king's peace" brought in the name...
NEED NEW STRATEGY IN WAR ON DRUGS
The basic objectives of American drug policy have been to protect Americans, especially our children, from the ravages of drug addiction and prevent the waste of human talent, energy, judgment...
QAT POLICY
On Dec. 14 the Tribune reported that the drug of choice in Somalia is qat and the U.S. military is already busy working to stamp it out. The disastrous consequences...
TRY A `ROBIN HOOD` DRUG POLICY
Daily headlines across the country herald the escalating and devastating by-products of the flourishing drug business: more crime, more jails, higher taxes and bigger deficits for every tax-supported governmental service....