Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, March 10, 1994 TAG: 9403100285
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A-4 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON LENGTH: Short
``I think I am in agreement with most judges in the federal system that mandatory minimums are an imprudent, unwise and often unjust mechanism for sentencing,'' Kennedy told a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the Supreme Court budget.
Congress has enacted a number of mandatory minimum sentences during the past decade.
- Associated Press
Shuttle astronauts honor Yuri Gagarin
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Columbia's astronauts paid tribute Wednesday to Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the world's first space traveler, on what would have been his 60th birthday.
``To honor this occasion, the crew of Columbia salutes the first human to fly in space and we send our greetings to all space explorers everywhere, both in orbit and on Earth,'' shuttle commander John Casper said.
On April 12, 1961, Gagarin became the first person in space. American Alan Shepard followed three weeks later.
Gagarin was killed in 1968 at age 34 in a plane crash.
- Associated Press
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