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'Don't take your guns to
town, son. Leave your
guns at home. '
HERE I OMETHI G
about the presence of a handgun
during anargwnent that always seems
to horten the fuse and tum otherwise
reasonable men or women into pow
der-ke ready to explode.
If you don't have a gun with you,
you can't use it Law involving the
use of gum are getting to�r all
c America. In many states, tbere
is a entence of'three years ctual
incarceration in jail that you do oot
tart erving until after you have
rved the life ntence for murder or
the fifteen years for feloniors assault.
rth t kind 0 time.
And, mce home arc often
I..N!U t hurt 0 . 1 the one we love,
ke p them locked up where your
children can not get to them and
where y u can not get to them during
an argument with the one you love.
'The Right to Fight'
He had a beauti ul family, a fin
home and a good job. He was �d
he was going to lose it all. He was a
Black man, living in a small
predominately white town; charged
with rape of a 13-year-old girl.
, HIS er saw ro hope that the
ire JUry would accept hi
rse of mistaken identity. The
rape. victim had positively identified
him. He was a man that he had
known most of her life. After all, he
was her next door neighbor.
Things looked bad!!! He ter
minated his original lawyer and hired
a tenaciou African-American
I criminal de ense attorney, who
believed in him and was willing to
vehemently fight for his innocence->
win, 1 or draw. A lawyer who
knew that "all Black people do not
1 k alike."
They went to trial and when the
dust cleared, that same all-white jury,
who had been predicted to automat
ically convict a Black of allegedly
rapin a white girl, found him not
guilty on mistaken identity in less then
17 rninut .
, .
....-....l1'.1l�I"1o...I.'--,1"'- YOU have a
constitutional right to a jury of your
peers. They may be Black, they may
white. But, I lieve they all have
a .ic level r integrity, regardles of
race, that n guide them to a fair, just
and lor-blind venllct=-win, 1 , or
draw.
Ify uare hargedwithacrime,do
not afraid to have your day in court.
Hin; a lawyer who eliev in you,
un<.l tands your d fense and' will-
ing t f zht for ur inn nee.
Our sy tern fjustice i notperfect
but y u have a right to be ound guilty
or not guilty, ased on the law, the
fa t nd the evid nee, without
regards t ias, prejudice, race or
ympathy. You can get j tree, but
ou m t willin to fight for it-
By RON SEIGEL
Corre.pond.nt
lDGlDAN P -At its meeting
January 26, the Highland Park Board
of Education, acting trustees for
Highland Patk Community College
(HPCC), approved the firm of Plante
and Moran to be auditors of the college
books forth fiscal year June 30,1991
to June 30 1992.
Thomas Lloyd. a ting HPCC presi
dent, aid "Doin thi tonight will
hopefully free up lhe October state aid
payment."
The State of Michigan aid they
were withholding state aid until an
audit was completed. Members of the
board said during the meeting, that the
reason for the delay was because of
di ficultie it i pas a itor
\ &. 0
Representatives of Deloitte &
Touche could not be reached for com
ment at press time. .
The amount of money the auditing
finn would be paid will be negotiated
as a future meeting.
"R as ured they will not be given
any money until the oard approves
what they would be paid," Lloyd said.
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