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...what about the evidence that indicates that Cousin was at a basketball game or on his way home with coach White around the time of the murder? "We investigated that alibi seriously," says Jordan. "We had witnesses telling us these games usually lasted 35 to 40 minutes. The defense was trying to make a 40-minute basketball game into an hour and a half." Of course, the key question is when the game started--and White and several other witnesses say it started around 9:30 p.m., leaving Cousin, if he was the killer, an improbably small amount of time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dead Teen Walking | 1/19/1998 | See Source »

...went to school for five years in Bratislava, two years to the elementary school, and then for three years to the "Real-Schule." During that period, I did not earn a single A--except in singing and in German. Of course I had an alibi. These were all Slovak schools, and I started to learn this language only at 10. Unfortunately, it is hard to invoke this excuse for mathematics, and I certainly did not distinguish myself in this subject, either...My grades were C's and an occasional...

Author: By Nanaho Sawano, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mathematics Professor Recounts Wartime Coming-of-Age | 1/12/1998 | See Source »

...stark contrast to the Loyola matchup, Harvard's opening game against Norfolk State ain't got no alibi--it was ugly...

Author: By Jamal K. Greene, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Cagers Sweep Harvard Invite | 12/8/1997 | See Source »

Youngworth says he and Connor had nothing to do with the original crime, and he has a pretty good alibi: both were in prison at the time. Youngworth now faces up to 15 years in prison on the auto-theft conviction. Last month he met privately with Gardner directors and reportedly extracted a $10,000 down payment on a reward for promising to produce some of the stolen goods. He will probably try to negotiate down his sentence in exchange for more details. All things considered, that may be a small price to pay for figuring out who pulled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE HEIST AND THE HUNT | 10/13/1997 | See Source »

...brilliantly told by the government. Of course, the defense in a criminal trial does not have to prove anything, but in this case Jones probably would have had to fulfill his promise in order to win. How could he, though, if McVeigh lacked even the shadow of an alibi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MERITS OF THE CASE | 6/9/1997 | See Source »

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