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Which of the following accidentally occurred due to a computer error at the beginning of the 1978-79 school year...
...most frightening aspect of the study is that one percent represents only a minimum rate of error. Those 69 people represent only the mistakes that the system caught in time, and leaves out the less fortunate people such as David Wayne Spence, who was executed in Texas last April even though the police lieutenant who supervised the investigation of Spence now believes that he is innocent. The Center did not measure the amount of errors which were caught after the fact, and it could not count the ones which were never caught...
...appreciable error rate in applying the death penalty should not be surprising, however, considering the numerous ways in which the system can break down. Since accused murderers usually cannot afford to hire their own legal representation, their lawyers often lack competence. The jury and/or judge may also be prejudiced against the defendant on racial, ethnic or other grounds. Furthermore, the state may base its case on the testimony of convicted criminals who have been offered reduced sentences and other perks in exchange for their testimony, as happened in the Spence case...
...community in Jerusalem since 1840. The term Arab East Jerusalem is inappropriate because it ignores the political and geographical realities of Jerusalem today and is prejudicial because it adopts the Arab position in advance of the permanent-status negotiations of the peace process. The Crimson could have corrected this error by substituting with the more appropriate and neutral eastern Jerusalem...
...There was no error," said Associate Dean of the College Thomas A. Dingman '67, who is responsible for housing. "The College is equipped to deal with such circumstances.... With Cabot House, not as many people left [as expected...