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...Convict's View: The hypocrisy of reform...
Though Demjanjuk may not be the Ivan of Treblinka, evidence suggests he was a Wachmann elsewhere, notably at the Sobibor death camp in Poland. The Supreme Court could convict him on those charges or order that he be tried anew. However, scant proof exists of what Demjanjuk may have done at the other camps. Such a move would also raise questions of selective punishment, since Israel has never before sought to prosecute ordinary Wachmanner...
...focus is on the next task. In the Line of Fire, a film about the Secret Service, is due for release this spring. He'll be taking the crew to Texas soon to get started on A Perfect World, a crime drama about a Texas sheriff chasing an escaped convict who has kidnapped a child. Neither may win any awards. "Hollywood pays too much attention to home runs," he says. "Singles and doubles can win the game when longevity is the goal. Besides, if all I ever did was hit one home run, the only thing...
...VIDEOTAPE IS NOT FLESH. IT COULDN'T COMPARE with Rodney King himself, taking the witness stand as federal prosecutors sought to convict four white police officers accused of depriving King of his civil rights in a 1991 beating. Calmly, politely, King testified that he led police on a chase because he feared a return to prison. He described being shocked by a police stun gun; he said police taunted him. Defense lawyers tried to rock King. One tried to pin him down on whether officers called him "killer" or "nigger." King was blurry on details, but Laurie Levenson...
Reno was appointed Dade County prosecutor in 1978, and voters returned her to the office five times, despite a rough apprenticeship. Miami endured three nights of racial rioting in 1980 after her office failed to convict four police who allegedly beat a black insurance man to death. Reno regained trust by opening her office to blacks, Hispanics and women...