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...inside the coffin. The panels of the coffin are intricately painted with images for the afterlife. In a presentation scene, Djehutynakt sits before a crowd of gifts, including jars, birds with interlocking heads, gazelle-like creatures, and even an eviscerated ox. The painting is sophisticated—the governors?? legs are colored in two different shades of red to create foreground and background—and the detail is impressive...
...arrested in Harlem on June 9, but has refused to return voluntarily to Massachusetts to face charges. He is being jailed without bail in New York. Prosecutors are seeking a governor’s warrant—which requires the signatures of both the Massachusetts and New York governors??to extradite Jiggetts to Massachusetts to face charges at the Middlesex Superior Court. Jiggetts is scheduled to appear at an arraignment at the Manhattan Criminal Court on Tuesday...
...appointment of senators by governors circumvents the democratic process and leaves the electorate completely out of the process of selecting its own representative. Governors?? personal political interests can easily take precedence over voters’ preferences, leading to the selection of senatorial appointees with little or no appeal outside their district. Moreover, as the Blagojevich-Burris saga demonstrated so well, there are virtually no limitations on a governor’s power to appoint, which raises the possibility that corruption and nepotism could play into the decision. By the time the competence of appointed senators is eventually...
...intact” could be reviewed, and many prior convictions have yet to be revisited. According a recent study in The Columbia Law Review, key factors in the convictions of innocent individuals were false testimony and faulty forensic science. In 61 cases, individuals had exhausted appeals, leaving Governors?? pardons as the only available option despite compelling DNA evidence of their innocence. Such facts show the clear fallibility of the criminal justice system and make the irreversible nature of the death penalty particularly unnerving. Given that our justice system is premised on the belief, “innocent until...
...Furthermore, he is also one of the most experienced candidates. Not only did he serve 11 years as governor of Arkansas, but Time Magazine also ranked him as one of “America’s 5 Best Governors?? in 2005. Under his leadership, he helped Arkansas’ abysmal education system—which ranked close to last in the nation on standardized tests—catch up to national averages through a policy of increased accountability. He did this by establishing the Arkansas Comprehensive Testing, Assessment and Accountability Program Schools, which...