Harvard Sophomore Is Accused of Stealing

Unlike Ollie North, Jose Luis Razo will not be looked upon as an all-American hero. However, Razo is a very good example of how peer pressure can turn a good person around.

From the picture in the newspaper, he looks like a very handsome young man. Being graduated from a Catholic educational institution and attending college shows he had good brains. He was even an agile athlete.

His “friends,” the homeboys, probably had none of the aforementioned qualities. There is where peer pressure comes in under the cloak of jealousy. They made him feel like an outcast for being able to do what they could not even dream of doing.

Imprisonment because he displays an “unremorseful attitude” would only placate the envy of his so-called friends. That would serve their prurient interests that says the white man’s education stinks as does his jails.

For punishment, this young man should be allowed to complete his education on probation while working and giving every dollar he earns to a special fund earmarked “for the victims of my foolishness” until he repays every damn dime!

MARILYN SOWELL

Santa Monica