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...portrayed in popular culture as modern-day knights. But Earle has come to prefer another metaphor. "I'm the gatekeeper," he says. "I don't dare ask my boss, the public, to sit in judgment of somebody that I don't think deserves to die. That's why they elect me, to exercise that judgment and not bother them." Buried in 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...
...that a bishop should follow the rules and set an example. Many also worry that the move is a liberal fait accompli that preempts a full church discussion on the issue. And Anglican conservatives feel they have a lot to be upset about. John's appointment follows the election of a homosexual bishop by American Episcopalians in New Hampshire, and the defiance of a Vancouver church that conducted a blessing for a gay couple - despite a ban on such ceremonies that was unanimously reaffirmed by the Anglican leadership just days before. The row over John has meanwhile become so rancorous...
...their only hope is to restore their standing in Washington and among the Israeli public. They know Sharon will offer something way short of the draft agreement that had been on the table at Taba, but they also believe that Palestinian suicide bombers have terrorized the Israeli electorate into electing and reelecting the aging hawk. By setting out along the roadmap, and getting at least as far as a working cease-fire, they hope they can persuade the Israeli electorate to once again elect a Labor Party leader more willing than Sharon to cede all or most of the West...
...leadership vacuum left by the regime's collapse have mostly avoided confrontation with the U.S. and British authorities, but continue to demand the right of Iraqis to govern themselves. The Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq is particularly unhappy about Bremer's decision to scrap plans to elect an Iraqi interim government at a national assembly that would have been held in July. And they are complying with Bremer's order that all militia be disarmed by giving up their heavy weaponry, although they appear set, at least for now, to retain light arms...
...Opposition groups ranging from SCIRI to the Pentagon-backed Iraqi National Congress are challenging Bremer's plan to elect a 35-member consultative body to advise him on political decisions, and have threatened to hold their national assembly in defiance of his edicts. But managing the competing claims of rival Iraqi groups amid mounting tension, fighting the Baathist holdouts while working to restore security and basic services are now part of the administration's daily agenda in Iraq...