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More than 100 boxes of materials in the McVeigh case were never turned over to defense lawyers. If an error of this magnitude can occur in the most carefully prosecuted death penalty case in years, how can we feel secure about the quality of justice in the hundreds of death penalty cases heard annually at the state level? Federal prosecutors are often more experienced than their state counterparts, and the FBI and Department of Justice have far more resources than most state prosecutors. True, the McVeigh case was also more complex than most capital prosecutions, but the discovery...
...There's concern in the [Watertown] community that tax-exempt space means the city will forgo economic growth on the site," Power said. "What's likely to occur, as in Cambridge and Boston, is that Harvard will be a stable employer with large purchasing contracts and a community that supports vitality...
...settlement freeze, his government has moved to find a compromise. Initially, they suggested settlement expansion would be confined to "natural growth" of existing settlements; now Foreign Minister Shimon Peres has added the rider that no further Palestinian land would be seized and that any construction activity would occur within the boundaries of existing settlements. Even though Palestinian spokesmen rejected the Israeli compromise as "deceitful," the question of terms for a cease-fire is clearly now in play...
...proof does exist, and it will soon be released. Honasan, for one, denies that he was mounting a coup. In a telephone call from "somewhere close to Manila," he explained to TIME: "I've come from the dark arena of armed struggle. The only way for meaningful change to occur is peacefully." So why was he fleeing? "What Gloria is doing is unconstitutional," he explained. "There are no charges, no warrants against us. I don't want to be locked up in a room. Who knows what might happen...
...Friday that the Fatah movement of their erstwhile negotiating partner Yasser Arafat, as well as his security and bodyguard detachments, were now considered enemy forces by Israel. Incursions by Israeli forces into areas formally under the jurisdiction of Arafat's Palestinian Authority, which were unprecedented a month ago, now occur almost daily, along with rocket strikes on Palestinian Authority installations. And yet the Palestinian militants appear undeterred, continuing a relentless campaign of attacks against Israelis...