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The McVeigh Execution on Hold
What is the problem with the FBI? The discovery of missing files and the consequent delay in the execution of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh [NATION, May 21] are a disgusting injustice to the victims, their families and the American people. Law-enforcement officials have made mistakes resulting in public...
Legal analyst Greta Van Susteren praised the Justice Department for coming clean about the FBI's discovery of 3,135 previously overlooked documents concerning the bombing investigation. She applauded Attorney General John Ashcroft's quick action in coming forward and postponing the execution. But instead of commending the FBI's...
You quoted President Bush's statement that McVeigh "is lucky to be in America...a country who will bend over backwards to make sure that his constitutional rights are guaranteed." But in many of the world's developed countries, there is no capital punishment. Unless McVeigh lived in one of...
Five days after the tourists were taken, Philippine soldiers in Basilan stumbled across the kidnappers as the hostages were taking a morning wash in a jungle river. It was the start of a small war. After the first firefight, 2 soldiers were killed and 14 wounded, while up to 12...