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Building to the high point of his speech, McMahon talked about his frustration at being harassed with requests for a plea bargain. He said he chose to challenge the government, which eventually lead to his acquittal...
...NATO political bosses--reassured perhaps by the impressive accuracy of the Tomahawks so far--agreed to widen the target base by 20% to include the Defense and Interior ministries in downtown Belgrade, then scrapped the phases entirely to let Clark choose almost any targets he wished. Not even a plea from Pope John Paul II for an Easter halt in the assault changed the West's plans. "NATO is not on the Easter pause mode," said a senior Washington official...
...distraught. His attorney had twice requested that he be put on a suicide watch, but to no avail. On that last day, after Derrick refused the plea offer, his bail was revoked for no apparent reason. He was so agitated and afraid that he jumped to his death. There is a larger truth to be drawn from his case and countless others about the degree of dehumanization we have allowed to develop in our drug war-driven criminal-justice system and our courts. MARLENE MCCOULLUM New York City...
...this time the white person lost badly. The jury took only 2 1/2 hours to return the toughest verdict possible, capital murder. Jurors then listened to two days of penalty-phase testimony, which included a tearful plea for mercy from Ronald King. He arrived in court in a wheelchair, with an oxygen tube, needed because of his emphysema. Although some in the courtroom were visibly moved by this frail father's appeal, the jury unanimously voted for the death penalty. A critical factor, a juror said later, was that jail officials had recently found an 8-in. homemade knife...
...plans to plea guilty," said Stephen S.Rosenfeld, Kirks' attorney...