Word: appealing
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What course of appeal does a prisoner have if he believes he has been handed a death sentence largely because he is black? At the moment, none. The Racial Justice Act, or some form of it, might open up an avenue -- but only if it remains part of the omnibus crime bill now before Congress. The act would allow minority inmates on death row in federal and state prisons to use statistics to show that their sentence was part of a pattern of discrimination. For example, if the number of blacks sentenced to die or for whom prosecutors sought...
Ogden begins on a scientific note, discussing her sampling techniques and academic interest in the matter of female sexuality. For example, the Venn diagram on page 73 looks convincingly technical, apart from its symmetrical, aesthetic appeal. Normally first seen in high school math textbooks, the three intersecting circles help clarify the mess of human sexuality that people cannot seem to avoid. As the caption reads, the diagram presents an "alternative sexual response cycle--an ongoing continuum of pleasure, orgasm and ecstasy." Although this continuum requires some further explanation, the visual aid provides a critical framework for discussion. To corroborate...
...believer in the Tip O'Neill mottothat all politics is local," Rowe said. "It's abroadening responsibility in government relationsfor me. It's not simply federal relations, it'slocal, state and federal. That's a great appeal tome...
John Miller, chair of the board, said at the appeal hearing, "it's my belief...that we really have no authorization to re-hear the case, or [open] up the case that we heard prior to this hearing...
...decision to deny the appeal, the board also denied that Harvard had misled it with regard to the height increase...