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...took juicier stuff than that to convict four city officials in 1982 on a variety of charges involving tax evasion, bribery and extortion in connection with their city positions--convictions which gave momentum to an investigation of the White machine by U.S. Attorney William F. Weld '66 Quite simply, it was the blatant extortion of money from city employees, forcing them to contribute to the Kevin White Committee (the mayor's campaign fund) if they wanted to keep their jobs, which caused the scandal. The mayor can argue publicly that it's in their best interests to support the incumbent...
Mills chooses to begin her biography of the man whose career Antole Broyard has described as "a brawl between his talent and his exhibitionism" with a dramatic retelling of Mailer's appearance at the murder trial of Jack Henry Abbot, the ex-convict whose writings Mailer had promoted. After recounting the antagonistic press conference, where obscenities and insults were exchanged--a typical situation for the author--Mills summarizes Mailer in a list of promotional headlines, from "Village Voice Co-Founder" to "Husband of Six Wives." One is prepared for a book that merely rehashes sensational events and doesn't delve...
Brooks was only the fifth convict executed since Gary Gilmore swaggered to his death before a Utah firing squad in 1977 and ended the de facto ten-year moratorium on capital punishment. Unlike all except one of those recent predecessors, Brooks had not waived his legal appeals, but waged a court fight to the end. In addition, he was the first black put to death since 1967 and the first U.S. prisoner ever legally killed by intravenous injection. With the death-row census now above 1,100 and rising annually by more than 100, it seemed that the pace...
...quick and painless, the injection technique could also cause a bloodbath. As one doctor explained: "Sometimes it's tough as hell to find a vein. If you miss, the pain can be excruciating. And besides, even if you do get the vein, no one is really sure the convict doesn't suffer for a few minutes while the drug is being administered...
...time, it may be found that death by injection is the best way to carry out capital punishment. Then doctors will have to take up the weightily question of whether to put aside their aversion to the death penalty in order to give a convict the most humane treatment possible under the law. But for now, it seems an investigation of Gray's conduct is in order. The AMA has taken a stand against participating in executions. All doctors should be held...