Forum Follies

March, 1983

Crimes are classified according to their relative severity, their degree of heinousness and the depravity of the criminal. First-degree murder is considered worse than second-degree murder, which is considered worse than manslaughter. Recent Illinois court decisions have made clear that (at least in Illinois) murder is apparently somewhat less evil than cohabitation.In the case of Jarrett vs. Jarrett, the Illinois Supreme Court decided that a woman was an unfit mother because she was living with...