Perspective on Perjury:
Lying Is the American Way By Eric E. Sterling. Los
Angeles Times January 12, 1999. This op-ed compares
the testimony of Monica Lewinsky, a potential defendant
in the Independent Counsel's investigation of President
Clinton, now an immunized witness against the President
in his impeachment trial, to the common practice in
drug cases of compelling drug defendants to testify
against other drug defendants in exchange for leniency.
Written to promote "Snitch," a PBS Frontline documentary
on the use and manipulation of informations in Federal
drug cases. (pdf file
available.)
200 Million Handguns
Imprison People In Their Own Homes By CJPF Police
Policy Fellow Nicholas Pastore. New Haven Register,
July 29, 1997. Op-ed arguing that improper gun control
has escalated gun violence in our communities -- and
how good policing can mitigate the problem.
Drug Policy: A Smorgasbord
of Conundrums Spiced By Emotions Around Children and
Violence By Eric E. Sterling. Valparaiso Law
Review. Spring 1997, Volume 31, Number 2. This 49-page
law review comment in a 500-page symposium volume, "Juvenile
Crime: Policy Proposals on Guns, Violence, Drugs and
Gangs," addresses the complexities of drug policy and
how it is shaped by concerns about children and public
safety. Discusses availability of illegal drugs, drug
use by children, the "right" to use drugs, crack markets
and violence, drug dealing by adolescents, the handicap
of drug prohibition on urban redevelopment, and issues
regarding medical marijuana. It responds to two articles,
one by Daniel D. Polsby, and one by Mark A.R. Kleiman.
A Roadmap to the
Crime Bill: Funding for Local Government Programs
By Eric E. Sterling. Public Management. January
1995. Outlines various programs in the Violent Crime
Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (P.L. 103-322,
how Congress will fund these local government programs,
and how local governments can find out more about funding
opportunities.
