Pubdate: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 Source: Baltimore Sun (MD) Copyright: 2002 The Baltimore Sun, a Times Mirror Newspaper. Contact: http://www.sunspot.net/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/37 Author: Michael Klapp DON'T MAKE RESIDENTS PAY FOR CRIMES OTHERS COMMIT Now that the Supreme Court has held that punishing the innocent for the drug offenses of others is constitutional, it reinforces the notion that the justices are cruel as well as corrupt ("Court upholds public housing evictions," March 27). If there is any justice, perhaps we can now evict President George W. Bush from his public housing, thanks to his daughters' alcohol law convictions. Of course, that won't happen, but perhaps we can embarrass our gutless Congress into making needed changes in public housing law to re- establish the principle that people are innocent until convicted of an act they actually performed. Michael Klapp, Baltimore - --- MAP posted-by: Alex