European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 21, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the stars and stripes wednesday september 21, 1977 Jimmy new York it is different when every Limimg becomes real. Yesterday morning in a i3th-floor courtroom at 100 Centre st., Burton Roberts the judge called for George Adorno in to stand up and be sentenced for murder. Adorno a Finger hooked into his Mouth remained seated for a few moments. Then he stood up. Clasped his hands in front of him and carefully inspected the ceiling As Roberts spoke i be been in this business a Long time Roberts said. Nothing i be Ever had hits me As hard As  in the second Row were or. Ruselle Robinson and his wife the parents of Steven Robinson 26, whom Adorno killed last feb 23. Robinson driving a cab to pay for his than people getting together and saying let s restore capital punishment let s put powder and Rouge on crime let s put a band Aid on cancer rather than All this the Public has to think about strengthening a criminal Justice system to prevent somebody like this from slipping through it for so Long. The ultimate goal of a juvenile court is to make sure that those in their charge Don t get the Chance to Hurt anybody. The juvenile courts Don t have the funds for this. The Public should be told that it has to face this. I m not running for office. I can take an unpopular position and say to the Public that if you want to put an end to this crime then it is going to Cost you More Money. I Don t have the ultimate goal of a juvenile court is to make sure that those in their charge Don t get the Chance to Hurt anybody education had two credits left for a College degree and intentions to study Law when he was killed behind the wheel of his cab. Roberts leaned Forward and his voice Rose. This individual before me can t pass a first Grade Reading test and the Young Man he shot and killed had a Book with him in his taxicab. The Book was wind Sand and stars by an Toine de Saint Exupero. I Haven t heard that author s name since i was in High school and i was compelled to read him. But Steven Robin son read that Book because he had the soul of a poet. He wanted to contribute. He never will because George Adorno said let s go get a couple of Bucks from a cabby " Roberts recited Adorno s record. At 4, Adorno set fire to his sister. Before he was 16, he was arrested 16 times. First thefts thefts and then we come to the big ones. Murder. Arrested four times for murder. He confessed to one of the murders in family court. He was let go because his Mother who can t speak a word of English was t present. The Psychia Trist states that he s a monstrous human being " Adorno s head tilted and he smiled. Nothing Ever happened to him. He plays the courts like a concert player plays the piano. Is there Ever a time when a red Light goes on and you say we have to control this person ? so at age 16, he finally gets a three year sentence and he is out in 18 months this record indicates to me that rather to Call for capital punishment. That s the Pho Niest of phony solutions. You won t have one execution in years even if there is a Law. Society has the right to determine an extreme penalty. Therefore the legislature should put in a life sentence that Means life. No parole. In this Case before me now a plea of guilty was taken so that there would be no possibility that he might escape with a trial. Under the plea he is to serve a minimum of 15 years to life. But at the end of 15 years the parole Board does not have to release him. It is not mandated that he be let out. The court states that the parole Board should seriously reflect whether he should be allowed out at the end of 15  Roberts hunched Forward and stared at Adorno. As i look at you now certainly if Ever we have had a fit subject for capital punishment it s you. But we in our society never will sink to your level. It is not necessary to sink to the level of the George Adornos and wring their necks and soil society s hands with their blood. The Public is going to realize the fact that capital punishment Only encourages further violence. In the meantime you Are going to be in jail. I do Hope you spend Many sleepless nights. I Hope what you have done bothers you and causes you  a guard tapped Adorno on the shoulder. Adorno wearing a Green to shirt and red sneakers Shook hands with his lawyers looked around the room with a half smile on his face and walked out with his guards. He grew up in this City without going to school and no truant officers grabbed him. He robbed and the juvenile courts let him go. He murdered and they let him go. So he Mur dered again. And now As he goes to prison he suggests the need for an alternative to capital punishment life sentence without parole that will not reduce society to the level of a murderer. Out on the streets during this political Campaign the Call for capital punishment has gone through the streets like a Devil s moan. People who live in nights that drip with fear have listened As politicians Tell them that the death penalty is a deterrent and if it is not a deterrent then it is a proper instrument of vengeance. And then the politicians go else where and the people Are left with their anger expectations and the untruths told them by the candidates. For where Justice becomes real not a Way of pandering for votes the idea of capital punishment becomes empty. George Adorno a murderer walked in and out of juvenile courts that cannot handle the crush of cases. The idea should be to catch a George Adorno at 13, and not to waste time arguing capital punishment. When it was Over yesterday morning or. Ruselle Robinson and his wife walked slowly Down the dim corridor to the elevators. They stood in silence and then Rode downstairs and walked through the crowded shabby lobby. Outside Robinson took a deep breath. What did you think he was asked. Of i guess capital punishment would t do any Good he said. He s gone his wife said. He s gone Robinson said. C new York news Chicago Tribune humorist Speaks to students Amherst mass. A College students have got to learn to insist that educators exist to serve students needs and not the other Way around political activist and humorist Dick Gregory says. You got to say Start teaching me How to live not How to make a living " Gregory urged a University of Massachusetts audience in kicking off a four Day conference on Union izing College students. 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Solution time 26 min. 9-21 answer to yesterday s Puzzle. 20 unusual 22 social group 23 colors 25 Small explosion 26 be in debt 27 misconstrue 29 solar disk 31 Seraglio chamber 32 Saul s Grandfather 34 swear or curse 38 greek province 40 River in France 42 hawaiian Hawks 43 Good Queen 44 weather word 45 Merganser 47 grand parental 48 duration 49 most of tester 52 fish 53 one of the family today s crossword in 25 33 36 43 50 54 57 26 27 21 f4i 34 37 22 28 51 55 58 41 19 53 46 14 17 38 56 30 35 47 to 48 49 9-21 Learann Landers dear Ann since your column is the world s bulletin Board for gripes May i have my say what Man would tolerate socks that had to be replaced every week or 10 Days you would think an Industry that can produce fabrics and fibres for the Moon could come up with a no run stocking for women. We like nylons. We feel undressed without them. But As Long As women keep buying this inferior product the manufacturers will think it s what we want. Well it s not what we want. We want some Wear for our Money. Where does one Start Ann Landers Ralph Nader the better business Bureau per haps since Nylon is a Petroleum byproduct and tons of it go into the weekly trash cans across America we should write to our congressmen. Or do we ask the japanese to come up with some thing better irked dear irked Haven t you heard of planned obsolescence it s the simple technique of putting things together so they will fall apart and have to be replaced. I assure you american fabric companies already know How to make run resistant nylons for women but Why kill the Goose that lays the Golden eggs Are you willing to go Bare legged As a protest i m not. So stuck is stuck and that s what we Are. Dear Ann next year our parents celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. They Are very big on outward appearances and this world thinks they Are charming and refined. But the truth is they Are a pair of House devils. The never ending carping at each other kept our family in constant turmoil. My sister and i left Home As soon As it was Legal to do so. Whenever we go to see our parents we can count on a ruined Day. The fighting is incessant. Now they Are beginning to talk about the upcoming anniversary. They want a huge party. My sister and i Don t see How we could give a party to celebrate such a phony relationship. May we hear from you big brother dear brother what do you want to hear if you and your sister Don t want to give your parents a party for their 50tb wedding anniversary Don t do it. I suspect you have some guilt Over this and that s the prob Lem that needs to be resolved. Dear Ann a recent letter sounds like my Mother wrote it. It contained her favorite word  she is always on my Back be cause my friends have no pres  dad s associates have no  even our Parish priest does t have it. Mom knows dad has a lady on the Side. We guessed it because mom and dad have had separate bedrooms for two years. Mom thinks this is  their marriage is a farce but they stay together for us kids we wish they d split. What car we do . What does prestige mean anyway us uns dear us you can do nothing it s Between the two  Means one s stand ing in the eyes of other people  buy mom a diction Ary for Christmas or her birthday whichever comes first. C 1977 Field enterprises. Inc