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Unlike the hundreds of thousands who died in the Balkan wars, Milosevic can expect a fair trial. This week he is expected to plead not guilty to charges ranging from crimes against humanity to violations of the laws or customs of war. Specifically, prosecutors intend to link him through the chain of command to atrocities committed in Kosovo in 1999, including the murder of more than 600 civilians by Serbian security forces. Prosecutors are also looking to expand the charges to cover other crimes, including ones committed from 1991 to 1995, during the Croatian and Bosnian wars. Though U.N. lawyers...
...During my ordeal I didn't seek legal advice; I was too busy coping with a lumpectomy. I needed a forum in which to challenge the insurer. Under McCain-Edwards-Kennedy, I would get one. I would be able to demand an arbitration hearing about the company's decision, plead my case before an independent panel and have an oncologist testify that there's no link between lumpy breasts and cancer. If Breaux-Frist-Jeffords were law, the insurer would choose the physicians reviewing my case--an idea that doesn't comfort...
...glad she's going to plead insanity. Because I've never heard a better definition of insanity than a woman who drowns her five children...
...hurt?'" says Texas Defender Service lawyer Maurie Levin. "You would not have heard that in the last legislative session" two years ago. The moratorium bill won't pass this time, but stories like Cook's are helping change minds. After three trials involving prosecutorial misconduct, Cook agreed to plead no contest to a reduced murder charge in exchange for his freedom. Two months later DNA test results came back proving semen found on the victim came from her married lover. Cook is seeking a pardon...
...once knew a girl who fell deeply in love at the vulnerable age of 15; her paramour was drugs. The girl would look at you with wide, dark eyes that seemed simultaneously to plead for understanding while pushing you away. There wasn't much room for anyone else in her life. Every time I see another mug shot of Robert Downey Jr., I think of that girl. Those eyes...