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Monday, September 25, 1989 / University Daily Kansan
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Flory announces drug policy
Douglas County District Attorney Jim Flory announced on Friday a more stringent drug-prosecution policy aimed at drug users as well as suppliers.
By Jim Petterson Kansan staff writer
Reading from a prepared statement, Flory said that past drug prosecution efforts had concentrated primarily on those who sell and distribute illegal drugs.
"The clear message of this policy," Flory said, "and hope the members of this community receive the message, is that we have a zero-tolerance level for illegal drug usage.
"If a person is charged with possession of an illegal drug, regardless of the type or quantity, the only options will be to enter a plea of guilty or take the case to trial and face conviction."
Changes in the drug prosecution policy include a ban on diversion agreements and new limitations on the types of plea bargains allowed in any drug-related case.
Flory said ple agreements still could be made but only under certain guidelines.
First, a plea agreement may not allow a reduction in the classification or level of the criminal offense.
Secondly, no plea agreement will be made that would permit a defendant to plead no contest to a drug offense.
The third term states that there will be no plea agreement that limits the ability of a prosecutor to make sentencing recommendations. In the past, in exchange for these prosecutors could give up their right to recommend sentences
Flory said he believed that new community attitudes about drugs warranted a change in drug-prosecution
"The community attitudes now, compared with the day I walked into this office, are considerably different," he said.
Ron Olin, Lawrence police chief, said he supported Flory's new policy and expected to see an increase in the number of drug-related arrests.
Jim Denney, KU police director, said he supported Flory's policy and would begin the integration of the policy into the daily routines of KU police officers.
Group rallies for wilderness
By Chris Evans Kansan staff writer
Members of Earth First!, an environmental group seen as extreme by some environmentalists, presented their ideas last night in the form of a relaxed lecture and song.
Roger Featherstone, Earth First! organizer, and Dakota Sid Clifford, folksinger, explained their ideas about wilderness issues to aboity 60 spectators at the Lawrence Arts Center.
"What Earth First! wants is not only to work to save every inch of
wilderness that exists but to create more," Featherstone said. "You can have wilderness without freedom, but you can't have freedom without wilderness."
He said that Earth First! was not an organization but a movement. It began with the Haitian people.
Brian Schwegmann, Salina senior and member of Environs, helped organize the event. Schwegmann said that although Environs was sponsoring the presentation, some Environs members did not support Earth First! activists. Those members saw some of the Earth First!
methods as too extreme, he said.
"Some of their tactics have involved destruction of personal property," Schwegmann said.
“Here’s a metaphor: No one asked you if they could stick a billboard in your face. Earth First! doesn’t feel a threat to ask permission to tear it down.”
"Earth First!" is a very non-violent organization," he said. "Anyone who engages in violence has already lost the cause."
But Featherstone said that Earth First! members did not advocate harming people.
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