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December I. 2004
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L aw & J ustice
Inequality Found in Sentencing
CRIME STOPPERS
(503) 823-HELP 111 S.W. 2nd Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97204
Blacks receive harsher punishments than whites
(AP) — The percentage of m i
nority inmates in U.S. prisons has
increased sharply since federal sen
tencing guidelines took effect 17
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years ago, with blacks generally)
receiving harsher pun ish m en ts
than whites, a federal advisory panel!
has concluded.
The 15-year study by the U.S.
Sentencing Commission, which sets
guidelines for federal judges, exam
ined how well the guidelines had
brought uniformity to punishments.
It found that while sentencing had
become “more certain and predict
able,” there were still disparities
among races and regions.
The findings come as the Su
preme Court considers the consti
tutionality o f the guidelines, which
advocates say are critical to achiev
ing fairness in punishments.
The justices could decide as
early as next week whether to throw
out the system because it allows
judges, not juries, to consider fac
tors that can add years to sen
tences.
"The big unanswered question
is do we need to have sentences
growing this way," said Douglas,
Berman, a law professor at Ohio
State University and expert on sen
tencing. "Nobody wants to go back
to the bad old days o f complete
unguided judicial discretion.”
Before the guidelines were cre
ated in 1987, ju d g es had wide!
discretion in issuing sentences.
T he g u id e lin e s g iv e ju d g e s a
range o f possible punishm ents
for a given crim e and m ake it d if
ficult for them to deviate from
those boundaries.
Rape Suspect At Large
Beaverton Police, in cooperation and threatened to cut her with a
with Crime Stoppers, would like your knife, although the w eapon was not
seen.
help in finding a wanted person.
Lockhart tied the scene after she
M ark A nthony L ockhart, 23, is
w anted on a rape w arrant in W ash drew the attention of a passerby by
ington County with a $250,(XX) bai I. screaming for help.
Lockhart is described as a black
T he w arrant stem s from an inci
male,
5 feet 7 inches tall and about 175
dent that occurred on Sept. 10 in
Beaverton. Lockhart sexually as pounds. He has black hair and brown
saulted a w oman in a w ooded area eyes.
Mark Lockhart
Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward o f up to $ ¡,0 0 0 f o r information, reported to Crime Stoppers,
that leads to an arrest in this case, or any unsolvedfelony, an d you may remain anonymous. Call Crime
Stoppers at (503) 823-H ELP (4357).
Officer Shoots Bank Robber
A veteran N ortheast Precinct
police o fficer shot and killed a
suspected bank robber on M on
day, Nov. 22 w hile responding to
a robbery call at the Bank o f the
W est at 905 N.E. H alsey St.
Police cornered Bruce Perison
C lark a few blocks from the bank
after being given C lark ’s descrip
tion and being told that he had
threatened to kill em ployees o f
the bank.
S ev eral w itn e sse s rep o rted
that the man ignored verbal co m
m ands from the police and ad
vanced tow ard officers.
O fficer M ike Sm ith, a 17-year-
veteran o f the P olice B ureau fired
3 to 5 shots striking C lark, who
fell to the ground. Smith, w ho is
assigned to the N ortheast Pre
cinct, rem ains on adm inistrative
leave.
T he suspect w as found w ith a
knife, w hich w as taken as evi
dence.
D etectives are seeking co n
tact w ith anyone w ho m ay have
inform ation in this investigation.
If you saw any portion o f the
crim e and have not had contact
with police, call the hom icide
unit o f the Portland Police Bu
reau at 503-823-0479.
Bruce Clark
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But this newspaper, which is
committed to diversity in Portland,
has never received any outreach
information about recruiting people
o f color to the Fire Bureau. Sten
says he sees this as a missed op
portunity.
“That shows to me that the folks
doing the outreach are missing a
really obvious opportunity,” said
VICTORY
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5250 NE MLK (Near Killingsworth)
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Sten. “I’m not satisfied with our
efforts today but 1 think we are
making progress.”
The reputation of the bureau was
damaged in 2(X)2 when the city
settled a claim by African-Ameri
can firefighter Rick Fizer, who was
awarded $ I (X),(MX) for suffering rac
ist and sexual remarks and pranks
on the job. He worked at the fire
station on North Going Street, just
off Interstate Avenue.
Shortly after the settlement, acon-
sultingfirmconductedasurvey about
the cultural climate of the bureau.
More than half of department em
ployees responded that an exclu
sive. white culture exists within the
bureau and 20 percent reported that
the bureau tolerated racist jokes.
Some of the recommendations
resulting from the survey results
have still not been implemented,
insiders say. A steering com mittee
Call Center to Occupy Neglected Site
continued
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with Fred Meyer, then A lbertson's, fell
through.
Details for the new plans will be dis
cussed during a public meeting at 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 2 at the Oregon Associa
tion o f Minority Entrepreneurs. 4134 N.
Vancouver Ave.
"W e are 95 percent confident of this,”
PDC executive director Don Mazziotti
told the commission. "W e want to get to
I (X) percent."
PDC staffer Michael McElwee adm it
ted that the call center will bring no new
jobs to the area, as they are all currently
filled at a site west of Portland, but that
they would become available to north-
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mendations but some supervisors
still have not received the advised
16 hours of training to handle ha
rassment complaints.
But according to Sten, a new day
is coming for the bureau, proving
the bureau provides inclusiveness
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“Y ou’re going to continue to see
the fire bureau get more and more
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east Portland residents over time. He said
the jobs would be "family wage," paying
more than $14 an hour.
Timothy Ray acknowledged the difficul
ties the development team had encoun
tered in trying to make the project work.
"To refer to a call center as an anchor
doesn’t fit my idea of an anchor," Ray said.
"People want something they can walk to
and use. I think Northeast Portland
deserves more," especially at this "key
piece o f property."
Leary expects economic benefits
from the presence of call center em
ployees on site.
"It’s a very good first step,” he said.
"W ithout this in place, achieving our
objective would be even more chal
lenging.”
"This is the best Plan B that could
still be a catalyst,” PDC chair Matt
Hennessee said.
King Neighborhood Association
member and nearby resident Jennifer
Jordee-Borquist disagreed.
I would prefer for the property to be
vacant four more years than some
thing the neighbors neither want nor
need,” she said.
Former King Neighborhood Asso
ciation chair Fred Stewart told the Port
land Observer that a sim ilar strategy
had been pursued with the Walnut
Park Center, the former Fred Meyer
store that was turned into a new North
east Police Precinct providing support
for retail shops around it.
The strategy was a failure for eco
nomic development. Stewart says, and
shouldn’t be repeated.
Told o f Stew art's com ments, Leary
says, “These are two totally different
efforts undertaken at different times."
The cal I center promises to have a work
force that lives in the com munity and
works on site rather than using it as a
place to check in, he says.
With regard to realizing the project’s
original dream he says, "W e re closer
to that opportunity than ever before."