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...coincide with a period of intense scrutiny of capital punishment. In January the departing Republican Governor of Illinois, George Ryan, delivered the biggest blow when he commuted the sentences of all 167 people who were to be executed in his state. "Our capital system is haunted by the demon of error," Ryan declared, "error in determining guilt and error in determining who among the guilty deserves to die." He and others argue that problems like racially motivated prosecutions, coerced confessions and unreliable witnesses have made the system capricious. Such worries may help explain why many states with capital punishment--there...
...that philosophy is something radical--the notion that the jury system, as it's currently constructed, can't be trusted to send only the guilty to death row. Most prosecutors wouldn't embrace that philosophy, which is why it may take an Earle, not a knight, to slay the demon of error...
That's not Daredevil's redder, meaner older brother you're looking at. That's your first glimpse of RON PERLMAN as Hellboy, the title role in next summer's first superhero movie franchise. "He's a demon who was raised to become a fighter for a secret branch of the Federal Government that investigates paranormal happenings," says director Guillermo (Don't Call Me Benicio) del Toro. "He has a very blue-collar attitude about his job. He's more like a plumber than a superhero." Selma Blair plays a girl with pyrokinetic powers. And on his right, there...
...shoot, Hartnett fouled up a chase by crashing into a fake police car. Mos Def, a Brooklyn native who co-stars in The Italian Job, didn't even have a driver's license. Mark Wahlberg, the film's lead, threw up five minutes into driving class. The only racing demon in the cast was Charlize Theron. "My parents were both mechanics," she says. "I grew up with engines and cars. It's under my skin." Theron loved the stunt aspect of her role. "To have downtown L.A. as your playground--driving fast and doing 360s--is like being...
Lurie is also vice president of Demon magazine and an officer in both Students for Healthy Babies and the Harvard Secular Society...