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The image was fascinating, as justice John Paul Stevens, a Chicago native, presented it. A gang member and his father are hangin
The image was fascinating, as justice John Paul Stevens, a Chicago native, presented it. A gang member and his father are hangin
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2014-03-22
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The image was fascinating, as justice John Paul Stevens, a Chicago native, presented it. A gang member and his father are hanging out near Wrigley Field. Are they there "to rob an unsuspecting fan or just to get a glimpse of Sammy Sosa leaving the ball park"? A police officer has no idea, but under Chicago’s anti-gang law, the cop must order them to disperse. With Stevens writing for a 6-to-3 majority, the Supreme Court last week struck down Chicago’s sweeping law, which had sparked 42,000 arrests in its three years of enforcement.
The decision was a blow to advocates of get-tough crime policies. But in a widely noted supporting opinion, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor suggested that a less harsh approach — distinguishing gang members from innocent bystanders — might pass constitutional muster(集合). New language could target loiterers(游荡者)"with no apparent purpose other than to establish control over identifiable areas, to intimidate others from entering those areas or to conceal illegal activities", she wrote. Chicago officials vowed to draft a new measure. "We will go back and correct it and then move forward," said Mayor Richard Daley.
Chicago officials, along with the League of Cities and 31 states that sided with them in court, might do well to look at one state where anti-gang loitering prosecutions have withstood constitutional challenges: California. The state has two anti-loitering laws on the books, aimed at people intending to commit specific crimes — prostitution(卖淫)and drug dealing. In addition, a number of local prosecutors are waging war against gangs by an innovative use of the public-nuisance laws.
In cities such as Los Angeles and San Jose, prosecutors have sought injunctions(禁令)against groups of people suspected of gang activity. "The officers in the streets know the gang members and gather physical evidence for lengthy court hearings," says Los Angeles prosecutor Martin Vranicar. If the evidence is enough to convince a judge, an injunction is issued to prohibit specific behaviour — such as carrying cell phones or pagers or blocking sidewalk passage — in defined geographical areas. "It works instantly," says San Jose city attorney Joan Gallo, who successfully defended the tactic before the California Supreme Court. "A few days after the injunctions, children are playing on streets where they never were before."
So far, only a few hundred gang members have been targeted, out of an estimated 150,000 in Los Angeles alone. But experts say last week’s decision set the parametres for sharper measures. Says Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe: "It just means they have to use a scalpel(解剖刀)rather than an invisible mallet(棒槌)."
What does Sandra Day O’Connor think of the old sweeping law?
选项
A、It should be abandoned.
B、It meets the constitution’s spirit well.
C、It didn’t accord with the constitution.
D、It was too severe.
答案
D
解析
根据题干中的Sandra Day O’Connor将本题出处定位于第2段。该段中桑德拉首先是不赞成废止肃清法令的,她认为一种不太严厉的做法更符合宪法的规定。可见,D)“它太严厉了”符合文意。
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