Donald Medwed, Zurich Regarding "Antigone in Damascus" (Views, Sept. 3): The eloquent defense by Ronald Sokol of the moral duty to intervene in Syria, in case its government proves to be the agent responsible for the crime, fails to address the double standard problem.
In addition, the question will be raised as why significant condemnation of the crime fails to exist among teachers, administrators, and parents.
Attempts to prosecute him for his crimes failed.
Prosecutors said earlier this week that the bishop, Thomas O'Brien, could face criminal charges if evidence showed he hid crimes, failed to report abuse or obstructed justice.
NATO troops mounting their first major operation to arrest Radovan Karadzic, the former Bosnian Serb leader indicted for war crimes, failed today to find him in a remote Bosnian village that they raided around dawn.
An initiative by regional nongovernmental organizations to hold Bosnia and Herzegovina's first truth commission on war crimes failed to materialize, largely owing to government indifference and lack of public interest; the Dayton accords had been signed 13 years earlier, and the establishment of a truth commission was seen as a step toward reconciliation.
He said too often so-called financial crimes failed to get prosecutors' attention, even though, as we know now all to well, they can cut a brutal swath through society, not to mention raise the taxes on working stiffs who have only one address.
We commend Chief of Campus Police Anne P. Glavin for openly admitting that the annual MIT crime report failed to include serious crimes committed in fraternities, sororities, and independent living groups for the past five years.
As highlighted over 10 years ago, whilst the spatial analysis of crime has thrived, analysis of the temporal distribution of crime has failed to keep pace (Ratcliffe 2002).
