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...kidnapping and sexual offense in the Duke lacrosse case, maintained their innocence following a woman's claims that they attacked her at a 2006 team party. The woman changed key parts of her story, and Durham, N.C., district attorney Mike Nifong--who recused himself amid state charges of ethical misconduct--dropped the rape charges. After reinvestigating the case, state attorney general Roy Cooper, rebuking Nifong's "overreaching" "rush to accuse," cleared the men of all charges...
...following his release. Not only is Hicks forbidden from speaking to the press for a year and from filing any lawsuit against America or American officials, but he was required to retract his detailed accusations of torture. While Hicks’ circumstances themselves are not proof of any misconduct by the U.S. government, the implications are disconcerting. Particularly given the scrutiny over human rights abuses that the Guantánamo prison has faced, the U.S. should make a comprehensive effort to be as transparent as possible and to move forward quickly with trials for all detainees...
...President Pervez Musharraf, who has faced near permanent protests since he suspended a Supreme Court judge three weeks ago for as yet undefined suspicions of misconduct, has organized a public address and rally today in Rawalpindi, not far from the capital Islamabad, to prove to his people, and the world, that he still has the support of a large section of the country's population. Today's rally was expected to attract many more participants than yesterday's protest in Islamabad that was organized by a consortium of opposition parties and attended by several thousand. However turnout at yesterday...
...private life the conscience is our secret police, driving us to repent, but in public life contrition is often more about opportunity than obedience. With epic misconduct on every front page--the Vice President's man a convicted perjurer, the sacred trust of wounded soldiers betrayed--there was a window for anyone accused of more commonplace crimes to wipe the slate clean...
...lawsuits, pretrial discovery eases the job of determining what went wrong, who bears responsibility--and how to prevent future misconduct. Besides, the government can file relatively few cases, while private shareholders can sue a swindler whenever they feel wronged. Egregious misconduct may merit jail, but if the Administration is serious about keeping fraud in check, it won't rely on criminal cases to get the message...