Word: conviction
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...with about 24 hours left in Clinton's term apparently realized that getting a jury to convict an ex-president with 65 percent job approval ratings of perjury and obstruction of justice in a civil suit was going to be a fruitless enterprise. So he and Clinton struck a deal, which was then leaked to the media Friday morning, sans details. Friday afternoon, in the middle of George W. Bush's three-day inaugural festivities, Clinton filled his end of the bargain - with press secretary Jake Siewert mouthing the words...
...state legislator, he advocated a pro-death penalty stance. He described his attitude towards criminals as: "Catch him, convict him and throw away...
...hour-long forum touched on many issues surrounding the case, including the media's role in spinning information and the pressure on the prosecution to convict...
...death-penalty cases. More than 85 individuals on Death Row have already been exonerated, a number of whom would have been executed had it not been for the availability of DNA evidence. Yet every day, more biological samples are destroyed that could potentially prove someone's innocence and help convict the guilty party; the bill would provide for the preservation and testing of such evidence in certain cases and needs to be enacted before any more innocent people are sentenced to death...
...fact that Freeh is explaining in great detail the government's suspicions after Lee's case was concluded by a plea agreement that convicted him only of one felony count of mishandling classified information suggests that the FBI believes its evidence will fare better in the Senate than it would have done in a courtroom. Of course, civil-rights advocates will howl at the appearance of double jeopardy, and question the fairness of giving the prosecution a second chance in a setting whose evidentiary standards are not those of a courtroom. And even before that to the media, once again...