Word: casefuls
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...evidence for his assertions, Ashcroft cited the case of Missouri v. Johnson, where White wrote one of his few unaccompanied dissents. James Johnson had killed several law-enforcement officers, and the defense argued that he had been suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder due to his experience in Vietnam. In opening arguments, they cited a rope perimeter that Johnson had set up to guard the house from enemies, since "that's what you do in Vietnam, you renourish and rest while your buddies stand guard duty...
Ashcroft's campaign against Judge White-- and whatever success it may bring to his campaign against Carnahan in 2000--sends the message to all state judges that if they want to get on the federal bench, they'd better start upholding some death penalties. When a case is hard, as Judge White found Missouri v. Johnson, and when the defendant's right to a new trial is unclear, how will those judges decide? The perverse political incentives make it seem inevitable that a defendant who may not deserve the death penalty will some day receive it because the judges...
...most Chihuahua factories, the lowest-paid worker earns about $10 per day, including benefits, he says. Doctors are on hand in some factories in case employees get hurt, and day care is available for children. For lunch, companies provide cafeterias that charge a negligible amount for food, he says...
...employees are well-maintained and well taken care of," Pini says. "It's not a case of a sweatshop under any circumstances...
Current laws do not set parameters for how a company can advertise its discounts. The suit against VarsityBooks.com will rely on prior case...