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Punishment and Parole in Alabama Robert Siegel tells the story of Lewis Downs. Downs, an elderly church deacon, had an ongoing feud with a younger man- his neighbor, and Downs ends up killing him. Downs is sentenced to 20 years in prison-- but is up for parole after only three and half years served. This man is clearly no threat to society, but the victim's family is outraged. This piece raises many questions about what society believes about crime and about punishment.

with Robert Reischauer, former director of the Congressional Budget Office, and currently a senior fellow of Economic Studies at the Brookings Institute. Reischauer talks about the real savings in this year's budget and how there are cuts in the deficit. He tells what the government is likely to do towards balancing the budget next year.

Neal with some thoughts about modern courtesy.

NPR's Anne Garrels in Moscow tells of conflicting reports about the death of Chechen leader Dzhokhar Dudayev (JOH-kar doo-DIE-yeff). Dudayev has led the Chechens in their bid for independence from Russia. ITAR-Tass says Dudayev was killed in a missile attack Sunday. Another news agency, Interfax, said Dudayev is alive. Neither report has been confirmed.

NPR's Anne Garrels reports on Russian President Boris Yeltsin's plan for ending the war in Chechnya.

with three girls who have gone to work with their parents today. They speak with the Baltimore Police Commissioner Tom Frazier and his daughter Alexandra. Alexandra says she is impressed by his private bathroom and conference room. We also hear from a trader on the Chicago Stock Exchange -- George Martin and his daughter Annie, who got to take the EL, buy a newspaper and see her dad really busy trading stocks. Eva Mortimer-Maibeth is a 10-year who went to work with her mother Claire Mortimor who is a nurse practitioner at San Francisco General Hospital in San Francisco.Eva was one of a hundred children who toured the hospital today.

Robert Siegel speaks with Donald Fraser who wrote arrangements of famous tunes from Disney movies which mimic a variety of classical music composers. Not just an academic challenge, the arrangements capture the spirit Mr. Fraser feels that Beethovenm might have brought to Whistle While You Work or Aaron Copeland might have developed the melody from the Ballad of Dave Crockett. Bibbidi Bobbidi Bach is a release from the Delos label. (8:00) (S

President Clinton will be videotaped on Sunday testifying as a defense witness in the Whitewater trial in Little Rock. The defense hopes his testimony will undermine the credibility of the chief prosecution witness. Charged in the fraud case are the president's former business partners and Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker. NPR's Mara Liasson reports on how the testimony will be handled and what will happen to the videotape.

In this presdiential election year, there has been a debate as to whether television networks should give the major candidates free television time. Commentator Mickey Edwards believes that it's not only the presidential candidates who need free t.v. time but more importantly the people who are running for Congress who need free t.v. time for debates. Edwards says that if we are to hope for more changes in government, the cost of running for office needs to be pared down.