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SHEPARD v. TAYLOR

Nos. 1210, 1211, Dockets 77-2030, 77-2031.

556 F.2d 648 (1977)

Lyman T. SHEPARD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Larry TAYLOR, Warden, Metropolitan Correctional Center, and Maurice Sigler, Chairman, United States Parole Commission, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided May 27, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phylis Skloot Bamberger, New York City (William J. Gallagher, The Legal Aid Society, Federal Defender Services Unit, and Gordon J. Johnson, New York City, of counsel), for petitioner-appellant.

Carl T. Solberg, Asst. U.S. Atty., New York City (Robert B. Fiske, Jr., U.S. Atty., S. D. N.Y. of New York City, Samuel J. Wilson, Asst. U.S. Atty., and Annette Blum, Sp. Asst. U.S. Atty., New York City, of counsel), for respondents-appellees.

Before KAUFMAN, Chief Judge, CLARK, Associate Justice and JAMESON, District Judge.

IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Chief Judge:

Few of our society's problems have proved as insoluble as juvenile crime. Despite numerous proposals by reformers and social scientists to rid us of the effect of deviant behavior among the young, the nagging ailment persists. Varying perceptions of the cause of the affliction and the proper antidote have impelled successive generations of experts to favor with equal fervor either lenient or harsh handling of errant minors.

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