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J ustice
Justice Panel Documents Prison Disparities
From disproportionately
high black arrests
had a ratio o f 12.5, followed by
New Jersey with 12.4 and C on
necticut with 12.
States with the lowest black-
to-w hite ratio were Hawaii, with
1.9, G eorgia with 3.3 and M is
sissippi with 3.5.
In Iowa, blacks are im pris
oned at a rate more than double
the national average. For every
100,000 people, Iowa incarcer
ates 309 whites and 4,200 blacks,
the study said.
Paul Stageberg, adm inistrator
o f the Iowa Division o f Criminal
and Juvenile Justice Planning,
said the results are not surpris
ing, but the causes are subject to
interpretation.
(AP) -- Blacks in the United imprisoning blacks at more than
States are imprisoned at more 13 times the rate o f whites.
than five times the rate o f whites,
Such figures "reflect a failure
and H ispanics are locked up at o f social and econom ic interven
nearly double the white rate, ac tions to ad dress crim e e ffe c
cording to a new study released tively," as well as racial bias in the
by a criminal justice policy group. justice system, said Marc Mauer,
The report by the Sentencing the group's executive director.
P ro ject, a W a sh in g to n -b a se d
Vermont, New Jersey, C on
think tank, found that states in necticut and W isconsin incar
the M idwest and Northeast have cerated blacks at more than 10
the greatest black-to-w hite dis tim es the rate o f whites, the group
parity in incarceration. Iowa had said, citing Justice D epartment
the widest disparity in the nation. statistics from 2005. V erm ont
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Fined $634 Million
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Robber Hits Three Northeast Stores
Gets away with cash on third try
The Portland Police Bureau,
in cooperation with Crim e Stop
pers, is asking for your help
identifying a robbery suspect
caught on tape.
On Saturday, July 7 at 6 :1 1
p.m., a man w alked into the
Hollywood Liquor store at 3738
N.E. Sandy Blvd. and grabbed a
bottle o f liquor, walked to the
checkout counter and dem anded
money from the cashier.
The em ployee asked the sus
pect if he had a weapon and the
suspect said he did not. The
em ployee grabbed the liquor
from the suspect and told him
to leave. The man complied.
A few m inutes later, at 6:22
p.m., the same suspect walked
into the Beaumont Liquor store
at 3334 N.E. Killingsworth St.
stating he had a gun and d e
manded m oney from the cashier.
The suspect fled out the door
with the money, but a second
em ployee gave chase, tackling
the suspect at N ortheast 34th
Avenue and Killingsworth. The
em ployee recovered the money,
Surveillance video shows a robbery suspect caught on tape.
but the suspect got away.
A couple o f hours later, at
approxim ately 8:30 p.m., a man
brandishing a knife robbed the
cashier at the espresso bar at
Nordstrom Lloyd Center. The
suspect took money and fled
the area.
Surveillance video captured
two o f the robberies on tape and
investigators believe that the same
person committed all three rob
beries. It appears he shaved his
b e a rd b e fo re a rriv in g at
N ordstrom ’s.
The suspect is described as a
white male, 30-40 years o f age,
5 ’8-5’9” tall, stocky build, bald
ing with short red hair, a full
beard and mustache, possibly
clean shaven now. He was wear
ing a straw hat. a blue T-shirt and
tan cargo shorts and was carry
ing a tan or grey backpack.
Woman Wanted in Portland Store Hold-Up
T he Portland Police Bureau, the clerk and then left.
in c o o p e ra tio n w ith C rim e
She retu rn ed a short tim e
S to p p e rs, is a sk in g fo r the later, and as she talked on her
p u b lic ’s help in iden tify in g a cell phone, she w alked to the
w om an w ho used a gun to rob c o u n ter, raised her shirt and
a sm all store.
exp o sed a gun tucked in her
On June 5 at 11:36 p.m., the w aistband. She fled the store
suspect entered the Holgate Gas o n fo o t, n o rth b o u n d a c ro s s
and Grocery at 4525 S.E. 28th H olgate on S outheast 27th A v
Ave. and made small talk with enue. She may be associated
w ith a black SUV that was seen sociated w ith the skater c lo th
in the area p rio r to the robbery. in g b ra n d F A M O U S . S h e
T he suspect is d escribed as a should be considered arm ed
black fem ale, approxim ately 20 and dangerous.
y e a rso ld , 5 ’ 5” tai I w ith a stocky
C rim e S toppers is offering
build. In a su rv eillan ce video, a cash rew ard o f up to $ 1,000
she is w earing a black hooded for inform ation, reported to
sw e a tsh irt w ith a d istin c tiv e C rim e S toppers, that leads to
logo that could possibly be a an arrest. Call C rim e S toppers
backw ards “ F ,” w hich may a s at 503-823-H E L P (4357).
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He said the state’s dispropor
tionately high black arrest rates
are likely linked to high poverty
rates am ong blacks and lower
educational achievement.
In 2001, a go v ern o r's task
force released a report that said
24 percent o f Iowa prison beds
were occupied by black inmates
even though blacks com prised
ju st over 2 percent o f the state's
population.
The group that com piled the
report made several recom m en
dations such as reviewing fed
eral drug laws and giving judges
more discretion to decide sen
tences rather than imposing m an
datory minimum prison terms.
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For misleading
public about
addiction risks
(AP) - Purdue Pharma, the maker
of OxyContin, and three of its ex
ecutives have been ordered to pay
a $634.5 million fine for misleading
the public about the painkiller’s
risk of addiction.
U.S. District Judge James Jones
levied the fine Friday aftera hearing
that included statements by nu
merous people who said their lives
were changed forever by addiction
to OxyContin, a trade name for a
long-acting form of the painkiller
oxycodone.
Designed to be swallowed whole
and digested over 12 hours, the
pills can produce a heroin-1 ike high
if crushed and then swallowed,
snorted or injected.
From 1996 to 2001, the numberof
oxycodone-related deaths nation
wide increased fivefold while the
annual num berof OxyContin pre
scriptions increased nearly 20-fold,
according to a report by the U.S.
Drug Enforcement Administration.
In 2002, the DEA said the drug
caused 146 deaths and contributed
to another 318.
Purdue Pharma, its top lawyer
and former president and former
chief medical officer pleaded guilty
in May to claiming to doctors that
OxyContin was less addictive and
less subject to abuse than other
pain medications.
Michael Friedman, who retired
in June as Purdue's president,
general counsel Howard Udell
and former chief medical officer
Paul G oldenheim each pleaded
guilty to a m isdem eanor count of
misbranding the drug. O f the to
tal fine, $34.5 m illion was levied
on those three.
Jones placed the company on
probation for five years and each of
the executives on probation for
three years. He also ordered the
three to perform 400 hours of com
munity service related to preven
tion of prescription drug abuse.
Thieves Hit Wealthy Neighborhoods
(AP) — A team of burglars has
lifted more than $7 million in jew
elry, rare books and cash from doz
ens of homes in some of Los Ange
les' wealthiest neighborhoods, slip
ping in and out without tripping
elaborate alarms or leaving so much
as a fingerprint behind, authorities
say.
Like a plot from "Ocean’s Eleven"
or “The Italian Job,” authorities
say the thieves appear to be a crew
of professionals.
Over the past year, they have hit
the homes of celebrities, sports
stars and corporate tycoons, plus
n o n -c e le b rity
m a n sio n s in
Brentwood, Beverly Hills and the
“Platinum Triangle" of Bel-Air,
Encino and Holmby Hills, Lt. Ray
Lombardo said Thursday.
And until recently, they've man
aged to leave few clues for detec
tives to follow.
One hit at an Encino estate, how
ever, was caught on video.
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