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Democracy Now!

Program Title:
Democracy Now!
Series Title:
DEMOCRACY NOW!
PRA Archive #: 
PZ0287.674
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Pacifica National Programming
Item duration: 
59:00
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LEGISLATION
CLINTON ADMINISTRATION
CLINTON, BILL
CONGRESS
NAFTA
NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
SELIGMAN, DAN
JUVENILE CRIME BILL
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
JUVENILE DETENTION
RESPONSIBLE TRADE COMPAIGN
SIERRA CLUB
Children
HATCH, ORRIN
DRIZIN, STEVEN
SCHIRALDI, VINCENT
KIMWADE
POLITICAL SCIENCE
PSYCHOLOGY
LAW
GENERAL HISTORY
GENERAL SOCIAL SCIENCE
AGRIBUSINESS
CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND
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Fast Track Legislation; Juvenile Justice; Chicago Juvenile Cases

(14 Minutes) Fast Track Legislation A look at the fast track bill that is going through Congress. fast track legislation would allow the president to put forward trade agreements and treaties which Congress could not ammend. GUEST: Dan Seligman, dir. of the Sierra Club's Responsible Trade Campaign. (19 Minutes) Juvenile Justice This week, the House quietly passed the unpopular Juvenile Crime Bill, under which states will try all juvenile offenders over the age of 15 as adults, and will adopt a system of mandatory sentencing. GUEST: Vincent Schiraldi, from the Justice Policy Institute in Washington, a group that opposes the bill. GUEST: Kimwade, from the Children's Defense Fund. (12 Minutes) Chicago Juvenile Cases Following a case where two boys aged 7 and 8 were charged with murdering an 11 year-old boy, Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) attempted an evening vote on the Senate of the Juvenile Crime Act. Last week, charges were dropped against both boys after the evidence pointed to a sexual assault by an adult perpetrator. GUEST: Steven Drizin, Supervising atty. at the Children and Family Justice Center at Northwestern University' School of Law.

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1/4 inch audio tape
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PRA Vault Shelves
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59:00
Distributor: 
WPFW; Julie Drizin, Amy Goodman; September 18, 1998
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