By JACQUELYN R. ARTl
THE LIBERI delegate,
Cain p icipated in numero Inter-'
national Conferen including Labor,
Non- ucl r Weapo Sta ,Inter
national Bureau of Education, Trad
nd De lopment, all held in Geneva,
and the Major Probl ms on UN Tech
nical Assistance conferen held in
Geneva, Paris, Rome, Wa hington
D.C. and e York.
Caine' a u ful Oak Park busi-
n man. His wife of 36 years, Estelle,
accompanied him to the Operation
PUSH meeting. They have van chil
dren.
After a recent trip home and wit
nessing th devastation of his country,
From 1960-1970, Caine served as
Director of the Division of Interna
tional Organizations Affairs in the
Augustu Caine decided it was time for
him to provide leadership to guide Li
beria into a proce of Nation building
and unity. He said he knew as a youth
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Monday,
"A system that d s not hold
indi viduals accountable for th ir
harmful a t ts them as less
than full citizens," Thomas said.
"In such a world, people are re
due to th status ofchildren or
even wors , treated as though
they were nimals without a
sou}."
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two cons rv tive groups, the
Federalist Society and the Man
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"An effective criminal justice
system, one t hat holds people ac
countable for harmful conduct,
simply cannot b su tained un
der conditions where there are
boundless excuses for violent be
havior and no moral authority
for the state to punish," he said.
Inner-city problems such as
poverty, sub tandard education,
pli ing families and unem-
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havior," said Thomas, who in
three years on the high court has
built a reputation as one of its
most conservative members.
"Many began questioning
whether th poor and minorities wrongdoing as victims of up
could be blamed for the crimes bringing and circumsta , " he
they committed," said Thomas, said.
who is Black. "Our legal institu- Expansions of the rights· of
tions and popular culture began . th poor and minorities in recent
identifying those accused of d des had a noble purpo ,h
aid. "But th revolution mi
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