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...death penalty was reinstated in the U.S. in 1976. Sellers--who murdered his mother, his stepfather and a store clerk--was dispatched by lethal injection in 1999, when he was 29. Presson's other memento is a plastic box containing the ashes of Scott Hain, who, it now seems fair to say, was the last juvenile offender to be executed in the U.S. Hain, sent to his death in 2003 at the age of 32, was 17 when he and a friend committed a grisly double murder...
That made Wichita police all the more exultant when they announced on Feb. 26 that "BTK is arrested." But Harrell says the declaration was part of "such an orgy of self-congratulation and excessive publicity that I wonder if Rader can get a fair trial in this county." Rader's lawyers, who will not confirm reports that their client has confessed to all 10 killings, wonder the same thing. A change of venue "is one of the things we'll be looking at," says counsel Steve Osburn...
...conference concluded with a contest, “Pitch for Change: 30 Seconds to Social Impact,” in which participants presented half-minute plans for new social ventures, followed by an open career fair featuring 39 companies, including Habitat for Humanity, City Year, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and Victory Schools...
Harvard has seen its fair share of debate and controversy lately, and frankly it’s been fun to watch. But amidst the yelling and finger-pointing, the Faculty meetings and the open letters, I’ve been disheartened by a destructive undercurrent in many of the criticisms being made by members of the Harvard community; disagreements are getting too personal and have created an atmosphere of intimidation...
...Carol Bellamy, head of UNICEF, as the perfect storm of human deprivation, one that brings together climatic disaster, impoverishment, the AIDS pandemic and the long-standing burdens of malaria, schistosomiasis and other diseases. In the face of this horrific maelstrom, the world community has so far displayed a fair bit of hand-wringing and even some high-minded rhetoric, but precious little action. It is no good to lecture the dying that they should have done better with their lot in life. Rather it is our task to help them onto the ladder of development, to give them at least...