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...partnership. With condemned inmates around the country spending an average of 10 years wading through appeals, both the state and the convict can get impatient. Since the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976, almost 12% of all U.S. executions have been of so-called volunteers, murderers who plead guilty and ask for death or, more commonly, waive their appeals. As death houses around the country begin to crowd with volunteers, however, their presence raises questions about whether a justice system can be fair when it is distorted by demands from the condemned...
...life. Although pain cannot always be completely eliminated, it can be reduced to the point where people become more functional and get their lives back. Philip J. Wagner, M.D. New York City I lived with chronic pain for more than five years, and I had to insist, insult, plead and finally cry before any physician would listen and recognize I was in agony and needed help. I now take a pain medication that has literally given me my life back. Ironically, even the doctor who prescribed it thinks much of my pain is "psychological." The only response I have...
...start to walk back to the car with the translator, the implication of what has just happened hits me. Oh, my God. It's going to look like I was trying to shoot down U.S. planes! I plead with him, "You have to be sure those photographs are not published. Please, you can't let them be published." I am assured it will be taken care of. I don't know what else...
...years—meaning that she would be on probation for two years, and only serve jail time if she violated her probation—on the condition that she be evaluated for alcohol, drug, and mental health issues, pay full restitution to all of the alleged victims, and plead guilty to every offense...
White had initially been charged with first-degree murder. But on February 17, she plead guilty to the lesser charges...