JUNIOR AT SOUTHEAST HAS ARTICLE PUBLISHED

An article written by Stephen S. Owen, a junior at Southeast Missouri State University, has been published in the winter issue of Law Enforcement, a publication of the Missouri Peace Officers Association.

Entitled "Capital Punishment and Missouri," the article deals with the capital punishment system as it exists in Missouri. Owen said in the article that of the 110 people assigned to Missouri's death row since 1979, 81 are still on death row. He suggested there is a notable lack of continuity in the application of the punishment, and that some changes or reforms in Missouri's capital punishment system could be beneficial.

Owen, a political science and criminal justice major, is a justice on the Southeast Missouri State University All-University Judicial Board. He maintains a 4.0 cumulative grade point average and is a member of Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society.

A past president of the Southeast Missouri State University Wesley Foundation, Owen is serving as Foundation peer minister. Owen of Cape Girardeau is the son of Ray and Sally Owen.