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The New Jersey Senate should support a bill that would ease some mandatory minimum drug sentences. The measure would provide more leeway to consider other factors in each crime and save taxpayers money. Tough but ineffective drug-policy laws have swelled the nation's prison population and given judges little discretion in putting nonviolent drug offenders behind bars.
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Whatever else you might think of him, Sen. Robert Byrd (D., W. Va.) reached an impressive milestone on Wednesday. The adopted son of a coal miner became the longest-serving lawmaker ever in the history of Congress: 56 years and 320 days.
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Bad advice on breast cancer The bean counters have decided that women under 50 don't need screening mammograms because only a small number will die ("New mammography advice: Less is more," Tuesday).
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The Inquirer's editorial "Towing the line" (Monday) misses the mark, most significantly in failing to report that the Department of Licenses and Inspections revoked the business license of one of the companies the controller identified as "being responsible for 84 percent of private tows." In addition, the towing law in question applies to only a narrow segment of the population - individuals illegally parked in private lots.
- Pa. intended Act 62 to cover some autism costs but it hasn't.With the passage of Act 62 in July 2008, Pennsylvania appeared primed to become a leader in the treatment of autism, offering parents of autistic children up to $36,000 in annual health insurance benefits.
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