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...usual in this debate, the two sides, both convinced of their essential rightness, talk past and around each other. Abolitionists like Bruck argue that life without parole is in some ways more retributive than death, not only because the convict has to accept his punishment for the rest of his days but because "it makes us more morally energetic about punishment. We wake up each morning to punish some more." And the death sentence, abolitionists believe, implies that certain individuals have lost the right to call themselves human, an idea that runs counter to the Founding Fathers' vision of inalienable...
Bill Clinton, who during his 1992 presidential campaign refused to use his power as Governor to stop the execution of a brain-damaged black convict in Arkansas, told TIME in an interview last week that he is comfortable with the way the death penalty is applied in America. Revisiting the question of discriminatory sentencing as part of the race-relations initiative he plans to unveil this week, he said, "would not be a fruitful line of inquiry. The Supreme Court has made a decision there, [and] overwhelming majorities of all racial groups favor capital punishment...
...focusing on just McVeigh and Terry Nichols. He thinks John Doe 2 is still out there and he wants to go after some of the smaller players, like Michael Fortier." Macy also argues that the state trial is needed because the untested terrorism law under which McVeigh was convicted might not withstand appeals. But many in Oklahoma would rather see quicker closure in the case so they can move on with their lives. "I just don't see the point of putting the family members, this city through another big trial," Bud Welch, whose daughter Julie died in the bombing...
...would stop the Jezebels (the American Medical Association) from attempting to kill Elijah and the Prophets, who just want to depend on their God for the preservation of their lives. Your story on Dennis and Lorie Nixon, "Her Dying Prayers," illustrates the typical '90s rush to judgment that would convict a family on the basis of its religious beliefs and the fact that its members pray to God for healing. Were Jesus traveling the roads of Altoona, Pa., rather than Galilee, healing the sick and preaching, he would have been tried under the full power of prosecuting attorney William Haberstroh...
...fully appreciate "Les Mis," one must be fairly familiar with the plot, which revolves around Jean Valjean (Gregory Calvin Stone), convict number 24601 in 19th-century France. After serving 19 years in jail for stealing bread for his starving family, he cannot find work, friends, or a place to sleep, until a kindly bishop (Michael Marra) takes him in, and publicly forgives him when Valjean steals his silver. Valjean is so moved that he decides to change his life around. Eight years later he is mayor and the owner of a factory, where a girl named Fantine (Lisa Capps...