A Small Matter Of Consumer Protection

May, 1988

A Small Matter of Consumer Protection"Ah, Brother Shoate," Dennis Carnes said in the crowded concourse outside the district courtrooms, "and what brings you out at this ungodly hour to this din of inequity? Dressed up like a regular bandleader--as usual, I might add." Teenagers in jeans and tank tops jostled one another in the line outside the probation office while they waited to state their names and addresses for the later purpose of the judge's setting bail. Aloof from th...