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...hammer blow came when Pierce, a landscaper who was convicted of rape in 1986, was released last week after DNA testing exonerated him. He had been found guilty despite a clean record and plausible alibi largely because of Gilchrist's analysis of hair at the crime scene. "I'm just the one who opened the door," said Pierce. "There will be a lot more coming out behind...
...Director Louis J. Freeh, nothing in the newly discovered documents is material to the question of McVeigh’s guilt. But such near-mistakes are anything but rare in the American legal system. In 1981, Clifford Henry Bowen was sentenced to death in Oklahoma despite 12 alibi witnesses after prosecutors failed to turn over exculpatory evidence. Similar stories could be told for 16 other Americans in the last 25 years, all of whom were convicted after exculpatory evidence was withheld from the defense, either in error or intentionally. In a sense, these men are the lucky ones: their innocence...
Cuffy's friends say they have been questioned by detectives about his alibi on Dec. 15--that he was at home with two men who stopped by to talk about a business deal. A woman who lives in Cuffy's home has been repeatedly questioned, even during a vacation in Florida. At the same time, investigators have pressed Dorsey associates for information, searching the home of Paul Skyers, another of the defeated incumbent's security-firm employees. Police have also searched Cuffy's home, where they found a 9-mm handgun, two boxes of ammunition, a pawn receipt...
Should we get our economic prognostications wrong this year, let Alan Greenspan be our alibi. The Fed Chairman, like everybody else, seems unsure of what to make of the U.S. economy. In mid-January, Greenspan sent the recently-revitalized Dow back into four-digit territory with just a few downbeat words about "significant risks" left in the economy...
...package two days before the debate materials arrived at Downey's office. The time of Lozano's visit corresponds to the postage stamp on the package sent to Downey. Lozano denied involvement, saying she had been returning a pair of her boss's khakis to the Gap, an alibi McKinnon backed...