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These goals, however admirable, are clearly contradictory. Clinton could not accomplish all of them, and had to retreat from at least one. This has nothing to do with his particular execution of the goals--their contradiction is inherent.
The snub-nosed .38 revolver aimed at Bay Lop's temple and the grimace on his face are etched into the memory of every American who read a newspaper in 1968. His summary execution by General Nguyen Ngoc Loan, chief of South Vietnam's national police, during the second day...
CLEARING THE LEGAL OBSTACLES BLOCKING THE WAY to the execution chamber has been one of the top priorities of the current U.S. Supreme Court. In its latest move to end sometimes seemingly endless death-row litigation, the court ruled 6 to 3 that a convict who offers last-minute evidence...
The decision, written by Chief Justice William Rehnquist, conceded "for the sake of argument" that a "truly persuasive demonstration" of innocence might warrant federal review, but Leonel Torres Herrera did not meet even that hypothetical test. In 1982 he was convicted -- on the basis of eyewitness testimony and other evidence...
The attack was first ordered on Monday. But bad weather delayed its execution until Wednesday night, when 80 U.S. Navy and Air Force planes took off from the carrier Kitty Hawk and four air bases in Saudi Arabia. With 30 French and British warplanes joining in, they struck four SAM...