Pubdate: Thu, 23 Oct 2003
Source: The Southeast Missourian (MO)
Copyright: 2003, Southeast Missourian
Contact: http://www.semissourian.com/opinion/speakout/submit/
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Author: Paul J. Allee

EQUAL JUSTICE FOR EVERYONE SHOULD BE GOAL

To the editor:

Something good can be derived from Rush Limbaugh's drug addiction. Your 
newspaper has the opportunity to provide a service to the community and the 
nation.

Select two economically poor or middle-class residents charged with using 
illegal drugs. Parallel their prosecution with that of Limbaugh's. Give 
your readers weekly reports.

If the results fail to show equal protection for all classes, your paper 
can take the lead in demanding progressive change. It may take time to 
bring about change, but don't give up. A hundred years from now history 
books may read, "Equal justice for all citizens is traced to a Cape 
Girardeau, Mo., newspaper."

I know the very concept of equal justice for all is a kooky liberal idea. 
Some may even consider it unpatriotic. I think the idea has merit. Hey, it 
may even rank with the efforts of liberals to secure the right for women to 
vote. It took more than a hundred years for that concept to become mainstream.

PAUL J. ALLEE, Jackson
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