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...Payne because prison officials offered to shave 15 years off his sentence. Thus armed, Khoury marched into a 1991 hearing to reopen his client's case--and was rudely rebuffed. First, Smith recanted his recantation, claiming coercion. Then the judge--who had presided over the original trial--refused to admit Smith's sworn affidavit, ruling that his original credibility was "resolved" by the first jury's belief in him. Finally, the judge declared the new eyewitnesses "unworthy of belief" and let the verdict stand...
...admit certain biases. I've written for Wired a lot in the past three years; in fact, I have an 8,500-word masterpiece in the current issue (the one with the cantaloupe-and-eggplant-colored "Burning Man" cover and the acid-green-paisley Absolut ad on the back). And some time ago, I received, along with many other contributors, 2,000 shares of Wired Ventures stock, recently declared worthless. So what? Denounce Louis and Wired just because Wall Street's skepticism forced him to withdraw his public stock offering for the second time? This I will not do--though...
Before I go any further, I must admit to a secret shame in my past--I almost joined the NRA when I was an impressionable youngster. I happened to be the Camp Mah-Kee-Nac riflery champion, and at the tender age of 12 all I knew about the NRA was that they supplied the cool patches that read "Marksman" and "Marksman First Class." I also knew that the riflery counselor, an ex-Marine named Leigh and a genuinely cool guy, was a member of the NRA. (Though even in my naivete I was a bit disturbed by his tendency...
...must admit that was the last time I was actually all that excited about election day. In 1992 I was resentful that I had missed my first presidential vote by a little over a year. In 1994, I hated the outcome so much I spent two years ranting about the system...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "It has become painfully clear that President Clinton and congressional Democrats would rather mortgage the future of our children for political gain than admit that the time has come for them to balance the budget...