Show USU's proposed budget gets a moderate trimming USUfcxzEs create toebrlr A legislative committee approved a $157 million £ budget cut for Utah's higher education institutions USU's budget was shaved $313570 For more see page 3 — eJMh t9TH YEAR NO 41 t 16 PAGES (? UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY LOGAN UTAH r: The Lyric Theatre's enjoyed the talents ef too r separate ensembles m m brilliant performance For more see Don Porter's rszij on page 9 FRIDAY JANUARY s ’ - p3 m (? £V pr j i 1 "V 1 Vb At J ‘4 ? S' r-u- A According to F Lee Bailey cash is the fuel of crime across the nation vs bigger villain than gust Bailey cites inconsistent interstate laws as disadvantage to legal system by Iff Sabatine Citing crime and the to control it as major sources of American inability international and grief re F Lee Bailey gave Thursday’s Convocations audience his professional insight into crime and punishment Bailey one of own defense the nation’s foremost and well attorneys has had such clients as Hearst and convicted Boston strangler rt DiSalvo Aside from defending such notables ey has written three g books and served M of the Foundation for the Advancement of Inmate Rehabilitation and Recreation ccording to Bailey the loss of respect for authori-- 7 rather than the gun is the biggest villain in our system Our laws as well as those tesponsible for carrying them out are not working as originally in-- “ Ce case of a cocaine smuggler facing a 25 Car sentencc f°r illegal trafficking it is real' tstically wiser to do away with anyone who may esti y against him and risk only seven years behind bar for murder f3 best-sellin- Bailey feels that imposing stronger sentences may act to discourage some crimes such as violations of weapons laws but will have little if any effect on the widespread use of several illegal yet popular drugs Government restrictions have made the drug industry the biggest moneymaker in our society by causing street prices to skyrocket and there are waves of people willing to risk their freedom in return for $25000 to unload a ship he said Another disadvantage to our system according to individual Bailey is the inconsistency of laws among for be smoking maristates A person may jailed it in Alaska will go Arizona in growing yet juana without incident This is a poor attempt at defining what is right and what is wrong he said Asserting that cash is the primary motive behind most crimes Bailey said criminals could not function without it “It is the fuel of crime across the spectrum Both the thoughtful and the needy require it It is necessary for society to flow and also is responsible for keeping 80 percent of our crime alive It is impossible for government to remove the temptation of the high stakes most crimes offer” The United States government’s apprehending criminals was also nfaw’J ts Aeur-din- g to Bailey any type of entrapment be outlawed It is unfair to play on tbe 3 humans possess — temptation "I icsTy dat£x M Abscam has done any good” Concerning capital punishment Bailey feds it baa few positive effects Aside from having an ew'fnirl value for dealing with more serious crimes k can be used effectively as a deterrent to only the specialized cases such as the murder of a acts of pan-guard Most murders are committed as‘— sion and little regard is given to pmr t ‘ Bailey has been devoting much of Lit tL£ i 12 on an American Bar Association task fcrref : solutions to controlling both subtle crime “Our weakness lies in A ‘“ " ed in the past to establuh ttesanlUe i i : adv ’ Jl fects” Bailey’s proposal etabodiersiku cl O preventive detention and better use of the pins system we now have “It is senseless m age 50 for money then end up wfch T' money” — - iri r |