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...young and desperately unsuccessful lawyer, but he is all that Hailey can afford. Before the movie, based on John Grisham's first novel, is over, crosses will burn on the lawn and crucial witnesses will falter on the stand. Worse, Brigance's home will be destroyed by arson, his marriage will be nearly wrecked, and his tempting, perky paralegal (Sandra Bullock) will be abducted and abused by the Klan. But he will persevere. And his closing argument--screenwriter Akiva Goldsman's most visible addition to the book--will tear your heart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: SUMMONS TO JUSTICE | 7/29/1996 | See Source »

WASHINGTON, D.C.: President Clinton outlined the Administration's plan to prevent more church burnings in a White House meeting with governors, police, and prosecutors from seven Southern states. The Administration pledged to raise $10 million for church rebuilding efforts and more than $20 million to intensify federal law enforcement arson investigations. The White House also reassured the attendees that federal investigators would cooperate fully with any state and local law enforcement efforts to combat the fires. The President got a boost from the Senate, which introduced a bill Wednesday, similar to one passed unanimously Tuesday night in the House, that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Church Fires: The White House Plan | 7/2/1996 | See Source »

...feels foreign until it comes home," says Steve Lambert. "We believe it is local, but what could they have been thinking?" The 50-some federal agents who swept down on the town while the embers were still warm quickly determined that both fires were indeed the result of arson. (They also confirmed a failed arson attempt at an all-white church nearby.) They ruled out an insurance scam by church personnel. And since no outsider would have known the tiny Central Grove church existed, the culprit was probably a local...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFTER THE BURNING | 7/1/1996 | See Source »

WASHINGTON, D.C.: President Clinton outlined the Administration's plan to prevent more church burnings in a White House meeting with governors, police, and prosecutors from seven Southern states. The Administration pledged to raise $10 million for church rebuilding efforts and more than $20 million to intensify federal law enforcement arson investigations. The White House also reassured the attendees that federal investigators would cooperate fully with any state and local law enforcement efforts to combat the fires. The President got a boost from the Senate, which introduced a bill Wednesday, similar to one passed unanimously Tuesday night in the House, that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Church Fires: The White House Plan | 7/1/1996 | See Source »

WASHINGTON, D.C.: President Clinton outlined the Administration's plan to prevent more church burnings in a White House meeting with governors, police, and prosecutors from seven Southern states. The Administration pledged to raise $10 million for church rebuilding efforts and more than $20 million to intensify federal law enforcement arson investigations. The White House also reassured the attendees that federal investigators would cooperate fully with any state and local law enforcement efforts to combat the fires. The President got a boost from the Senate, which introduced a bill Wednesday, similar to one passed unanimously Tuesday night in the House, that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Church Fires: The White House Plan | 6/28/1996 | See Source »

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