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...hope Mr. Summers realizes this egregious error in the administration's judgment. Just about every other school in the United States has a cable TV dorm option. I'm not arguing for pay-per-view wrestling or the Playboy channel. I'm not even asking for HBO, Showtime, or any "deluxe" channel that allows cursing and nudity...
...City bombing investigation that McVeigh's defense lawyers had never seen, and Attorney General John Ashcroft stopped the clock. The problem was not that there were doubts about McVeigh's guilt; he has admitted that. This was not the discovery of some sinister plot, Justice officials insisted--just human error, maybe a computer glitch. But it was another bomb exploding nonetheless. Ashcroft looked drained and solemn as he announced that McVeigh's execution would be postponed for a month so his defense lawyers could review the documents. "I believe the Attorney General has a more important duty than the prosecution...
...angriest moments, wanted this all handled fairly. "It's heartbreaking," says the Justice veteran. "The country needs for this to be over. We tried to put the very best people on this case, the best prosecutors. We really tried hard. The main thing we wanted was an error-free environment...
...first place (which seems to have been a slipup rather than a malevolent plot). And one could argue that the bureau was just doing its job when it finally admitted the mistake. But the FBI didn't get caught in the act; it came forward and confessed its error. It behaved honorably. Would the problem ever have surfaced had the Justice Department decided not to do the right thing? Who would have caught them? And if some enterprising journalist did break the story years from now, who would care? How much sympathy is there for someone who confessed to killing...
...never devise a perfect justice system. With the death penalty, however, our mistakes are permanent, and evidence found after an execution cannot help the wrongfully accused. Since 1976, 94 individuals have been released after wrongful convictions in capital cases. These miscarriages of justice—as well as the error in the carefully conducted and heavily scrutinized McVeigh case—should convince all Americans that the justice system that administers the death penalty is fatally flawed...