Wilson vies for chairman at time of change
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By Matthew Waite
Senior Reporter
The NU Board of Regents will elect a new
llll DCrCIITC chairman at its meeting Sat
IIU nCUCmOurday, and Regent Charles
Robinson may end board career at term’s close
W ilson ot Lincoln would like
to take the reins.
Wilson said he did not
know if others were seeking
the job, but he said he would
offer his services to the board.
“I think this is a critically
important year for the university and the Board
of Regents, beginning with a new president at
the University of Nebraska,” Wilson said.
He said the regents needed to get off on the
right foot with new NU President Dennis Smith
and establish a good working relationship.
Wilson recently led an administrative com
mittee that favored Strong central administra
tive government and a “one-university sys
tem.”
He said it was important that the regents
firmly established the “one-university concept
with Smith.
In other regent news, Margaret Robinson ol
Norfolk said Friday she was unsure if she would
run for re-election for the board next term.
Robinson, 70, is nearing the end of her
second term as the representative for northeast
Nebraska * **
“I haven’t really decided,” Robinson said.
“At this time, I feel like 1 m not going to.”
Robinson said she had enjoyed her 12 years
as a regent, but she thought it was time to step
down and give someone else a try.
“I would hate to be someone who would
discourage someone (else) from running,” she
said.
Robinson said the purpose of an electoral
government was to get a wider span of people
to participate, but she said her decision wasn’t
final.
“I might change my mind,” she said.
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Rise in violence
among juveniles
spurs new bills
By Kara G. Morrison
Senior Reporter
The 1994 Nebraska Legislature
convened last week with senators
saying anti-crime legislation would
be a major focus of the new session.
^ " Some of the
largest propos
als, emerging
from a crime
summit in Lin
coln on Friday,
arc expected to
be introduced
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LEGISLATURE Sen. Brad
Ashford of Omaha organized the
summit, which was attended by
Gov. Ben Nelson, Attorney Gener
al Don Stcnberg and Omaha Mayor
P.J. Morgan.
Michael Locffler, research ana
lyst for the Legislature’s judiciary
committee,-said the main thrust of
the crime summ it proposal was man
datory minimum sentences for re
peat offenders of violent crimes.
One proposal, Locffler said, is a
25-year mandatory minimum sen
tence without probation or parole
for third-time felons if their other
offenses were for violent crimes.
Other crime summit proposals
arc expected to include:
• Automatically trying as adul ts
all juveniles, age 14 or older, who
have been charged with violent
crimes.
• Reducing delays in death pen
alty cases.
• Streamlining procedures for
confiscating assets in drug-related
arrests.
• Initiating genetic fingerprint
ing.
• Adding an investigative team
within the state patrol.
• Opening juvenile records to
adult courts.
Ashford has said he will intro
duce a variety of gun-control pro
posals later in the session, includ
ing one that would ban assaul l guns
in Nebraska.
Otheranti-crime legislation will
target the rise in juvenile crime in
the state, Loeffler said.
“Overall, crime is down, but we
do find violent criminal acts of
juveniles are up,” he said.
LB988, a youth criminal justice
package, introduced Friday by
Sens. John Lindsay of Omaha and
David Bemard-Stcvcns of North
Platte, includes proposals to help
reform as well as punish juvenile
offenders, Loeffler said.
“We can’t just focus on punish
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We can’t just focus
on punishment.We
have to focus on
intervention and
prevention.
—Loeffler
research analyst
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mcnt,” Loeffler said, ‘‘we have to
focus on intervention and preven
tion.”
LB988 proposals include a youth
confinement facility, which
Loeffler said would give judges an
optional sentence for offenders
under age 19.
The youth criminal justice pack
age includes several rehabilitation
and counseling programs, from
mental health and substance abuse
treatment to self-esteem building
and mandatory after-care programs.
Other proposals include:
• Increasing criminal sanctions
to make it easier to confiscate fire
arms from youth.
• Continuing gang resistance
education and training and family
development programs.
• Heightening punishments for
adults who enlist youth to commit
crimes such as drug running.
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