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86 A.B.A. J. 1 (2000)

handle is hein.journals/abaj86 and id is 1 raw text is: ON THE INTERNET Read selected articles at www.abanet.org/journal STOCK ILLUSTRATION SOURCE JOHN MARTIN THE LAWYER'S MAGAZINE / JANUARY 2000 / VOLUME 86 F E A T U R 56 PROFILE MR. DEMOCRACY A Hungarian-born immigrant is pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into programs to reform the U.S. justice system and help legal immigrants. George Soros made his fortune as a business- man, but he's giving much of it away to legal groups that help those at the lower rungs of society. Critics charge he has a liberal agenda that will hurt society more than help it. In particular, they point to his support for drug legalization. Supporters say he helps lawyers help others, by giving to pro bono programs and supporting measures to ensure accountability in the profession. 60 TECHNOLOGY DATABASE DETECTIVES More and more lawyers are becoming cyberprospectors, mining the Internet for useful nuggets of information. They dial up sites to find potential experts, dig up dirt on opponents, learn medical information, and locate lost defendants and witnesses. Our experts tell about their own finds and how the Web can work for you. (ISSN 0747-0088) -2000 ABA Journal is published monthly by the American Bar Association. Editorial, advertising, subscription and circulation offices: 750 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60611. Periodicals postage paid at Chicago, Ilt, and at additional mailing offices- The price of an annual subscription to ABA members ($5.50) is included in their dues. The price of an annual subscription to members of the Law Student Division of the ABA ($2.75) is included in their dues. Additional annual subscriptions to members, $5.50. Domestic annual subscriptions to others: Individual $75; Inti tutional-$120. International annual subscriptions for others: lndividnal--$99: lnstitutional-$144. Single copy price, $7. Write to Service Center, 750 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60611 Changes of address must reach the American Bar Association's Member Records Department office 10 weeks in advance of the next issue date. Please include both your old ABC and new addess. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to the American Ban Association's Member Recoris Departem, 750 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60611 - ITED ABA JOURNAL / JANUARY 2000 E S 40 SPECIAL REPORT/MENTAL HEALTH LAW FATAL FAILURES Scott Strothers (right) knew he had to stop talking about his plans to kill the 14-year-old girl who spurned his advances if he wanted to gain release from a psichiatric hospital. He was able to fool his psychiatrists and a judge, and then he killed Penny Chang. The system finally put Strothers away when he pleaded guilty to the murder. The case illustrates how difficult it is to find the right balance between public safety and individual freedoms. 49 SPECIAL REPORT/MENTAL HEALTH LAW WHO KNOWS BEST? Legal protections for the mentally ill also may shield them from effective care. Now the critics are pushing for new laws to force those with serious diseases of the mind into treatment. But authorities are reluctant to use the laws that are already on the books, and funding for treatment is scarce. As a result, jails and prisons have become the nation's largest mental institutions.

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