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1361
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Four members of Plowshares, a non-violent organization dedicated to disarmament, face federal charges for splattering blood on military aircraft on the runway of Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 1, Jan 1994,
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1364
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Yeoman discusses the financial power of several prominent North Carolina families and the political advantages that may be gained by making campaign contributions.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 2, Jan 1994,
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1394
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Steve Lan'ge has been an inmate at the Johnston County Correctional Facility for the past nineteen years. Sentenced before the Fair Sentencing Act was instituted, Lan'ge has seen other inmates convicted of similar crimes come and go.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 4, Jan 1994,
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1407
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Several North Carolina citizens express their concern over the state's plan to place a low-level radioactive waste storage facility in southern Wake County.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 6, Feb 1994,
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1431
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Eight Wake County restaurant owners have filed a civil lawsuit against the Wake County Board of Health, seeking to strike down recently passed smoking regulations aimed at making all Wake County restaurants smoke free by 1996.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 8, Feb 1994,
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1432
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A recent panel discussion at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law suggested that the state will have to prove to the U.S. District Court that considerations other than race were factors in creating the 12th Congressional District.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 7, Feb 1994,
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1433
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As lawmakers began their special session on crime, punishment dominated the debate while preventive measures faced considerable skepticism.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 7, Feb 1994,
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1434
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Political posturing, in an effort to appear tough on crime, may be hindering a more rational, long-term approach to dealing with North Carolina's crime problem.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 7, Feb 1994,
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1448
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North Carolina's anti-crime movement may result in legislation that would imprison anyone convicted of first-degree murder for \"the remainder of his natural life\" regardless of mitigating circumstances, such as mercy killing.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 9, Mar 1994,
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1449
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The current high profile of crime may have been responsible for the termination of 69 previously approved MAPP (Mutual Agreement Parole Program) \"contracts\" between individual inmates and the N.C. Parole Commission.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 9, Mar 1994,
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1450
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The trial of four Plowshares activists accused of \"injury to government property\" at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base ended in mistrial when three defendants and six spectators were cited for contempt of court. The defendants now face separate trials.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 9, Mar 1994,
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1451
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Due to a lack of bed space, untrained staff, ill-equipped facilities and, according to Burtman, a lack of will, homeless PWA's (People With AIDS) are often excluded from nursing home care.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 9, Mar 1994,
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1452
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Yeoman offers a partial list of state legislators who have been charged and/or convicted of criminal offenses.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 9, Mar 1994,
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1468
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Although Ben Taylor, president of the Raleigh-based architectural firm Envirotek, is generally associated with the idea of unregulated growth, he has become a proponent of regional planning and light-rail transportation in the Triangle area.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 11, Mar 1994,
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1469
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Despite a general consensus among police, educators, and the public that the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) Program is a success, critics point out the program's high comparative costs and the lack of definitive statistical evidence.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 11, Mar 1994,
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