Word: commited
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...secretary. In his opening statement, assistant solicitor Keith Giese said, "For nine days in the fall of 1994, Susan Smith looked this country in the eye and lied." The defense, mounted by David Bruck, wanted the jurors to see Smith as a deeply troubled woman who tried to commit suicide and momentarily forgot about her sons. "Please understand," said co-defense attorney Judy Clarke, "the victims in this case are Michael and Alex Smith. They were beautiful children. They were precious children . [but] this case goes way back, well before the night...
...team members now play professionally outside the U.S.--and in part to Sampson's aggressive style of play. "Steve's letting us play open soccer, attacking soccer," says striker Joe-Max Moore. "He's letting us take more chances." Despite the obvious improvement, the U.S.S.F. refused to commit to Sampson on a permanent basis...
Kevin Velasquez 17, of Roslindale was arrested and charged with breaking and entering into a motor vehicle with intent to commit a felony...
...obvious question which Altman fails to answer concerns the reasons for restoration of the chain gang system: the need for criminals to understand the consequences of the crimes which they freely chose to commit. In a further statement of his blundering genius, Altman condemns the death penalty, which he apparently considers the next logical step beyond the contemporary chain gang. Granted, death penalty recipients--not victims--cannot recount the last painful moments of their wasted lives, but neither can the murdered victims of cruel and unusual crimes confide to loved ones the final painful, tortured moments of their abruptly extinguished...
...have to withstand cross-examination on every piece of circumstantial evidence, but Stein for one believes he might pull it off because "he has such presence.'' Gordon disagrees: "If he were my client, I'd be standing there with duct tape. I'd be saying, 'If you want to commit suicide, do it on your own nickel...