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Last week McCleskey again petitioned the Supreme Court. This time he sought to have his conviction reviewed on the ground that his constitutional right to counsel had been violated when the police used a jailhouse informer to obtain a confession from him; this time the court was even sterner in its rejection. In a 6-to-3 ruling, the majority said such repeated petitions as McCleskey's "threatened to undermine the integrity of the habeas corpus process." Then the court set tough new standards that severely curtail a state prisoner's ability to bring claims of violations of his constitutional...
Carter's message, which he repeated to Premier Li Peng and Communist General Secretary Jiang Zemin, produced no visible results, though the former President did receive assurances that Chinese students in the U.S. who obtain a permit to return home will not be harassed or arrested once back in China. Chinese analysts believe the regime may have let Carter speak to help persuade Washington to continue most-favored-nation trade relations...
Sheehan said that one of the Pentagon documents in his possession, dated 1990, was headed, "A strategic force for 1990 and beyond." He said the second document, titled "Global Reach-Global Power," discussed ways the United States could obtain mineral resources from Third World countries, using the specific example of Iraq and Kuwait...
Michelman also criticized laws that require a minor to obtain parental consent before having an abortion. She argued that such policies can have serious consequences, since many minors are afraid to tell their parents and instead risk injury or death at the hands of illegal abortionists...
Wells said that the organization originally sought to obtain an equal role in the political process for women. "There was a lot of activity trying to get 50 percent representation in politics. That vision of the '70s is still here," she said...