judge robert halsey, a justice of the superior court of massachusetts. and brian faust, director of research insight law, an organization that has done a major study of sentencing disparities. mr. faust, you have studied how judges, in fact, make up their sentences. how much disparity there among judges in determining long a person goes to prison? well, jim, actually, there's a substantial amount in the research that we've done in research been reported in scores, if not of studies that have been published both before after our work. the evidence has been quite unmistakable of the existence sentencing disparity, and it has resulted both from studies that have looked at actual sentencing decisions and studies that given case history information the same for the same case to a group of judges, asking them what sentence they should give. in both kinds of studies both in our work and in work. that's been done before and after our work. the finding been substantial disparity. me give you two examples. in washington d.c. in 1974, there were 28 judges who gave

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among the distinguished guests are admiral marine corps, general vandergrift and admiral halsey, the united secretary general lee, the emperors from other countries, the the black robed supreme court justices to the depth of the inaugural platform, mostly followed by the official presidential party headed by the chief executive wife and daughter. of an array of motion and television cameras records the. melvin berkeley, kentucky, a member of congress for 36 years, has taken his presidential oath of office. so help me god god. then harriet is one of the nation's 32nd president. by chief justice fred. right hand. were harry truman and solemnly swear. i, harry truman, do solemnly swear. you will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states. but i will faithfully the office of president of the united states and will to the best of your ability, will. to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. preserve protect and defend the constitution of the united states. all help you, god. so help me god. nation and the world. a s