Word: bargain
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Whether the South Koreans can keep their part of the bargain is unclear. The legislature in Seoul rushed through a host of reforms last week but balked at a bill that would have made it easier to implement layoffs and restructuring at the large chaebols. No wonder: last January, when the parliament tried to pass a similar measure, Korean workers staged a general strike that paralyzed the country for more than three weeks...
Kaczynski Plea: Strike Two Prosecutors have reportedly turned down another plea bargain by Ted Kaczynski, but the Unabomber trial remains a trap both sides might like to escape...
...plead guilty in exchange for his life. But Reno's men turned down the deal because it left a remote chance Kaczynski could someday go free. The court is still considering the issue of Kaczynski's competency, and if the Unabomber suspect were found mentally unfit, any plea bargain deal would go out of the window. That would not automatically give Kaczynski a get-out-of-jail-free card, but the possibility exists...
...reopen plea-bargain talks in the first place? The answer lies in the words of defense attorney Judy Clarke, who told the court last week that Kaczynski was "in a situation ... which he simply cannot endure." He's not alone. If the defendant cannot endure a mental illness defense, then the defense team cannot endure the defendant, and the prosecution cannot endure the whole embarrassing circus. Sooner or later, somebody's got to give...
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