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...sentenced to death in Michigan since the state banned capital punishment in 1846. The case fell under federal jurisdiction because the murder he was convicted of took place a few hundred feet inside national forestland. In Vermont, another state without the death penalty, Ashcroft two weeks ago rejected a plea agreement worked out by the U.S. Attorney with lawyers for Donald Fell, accused of a kidnapping and killing. Under Reno's policy, U.S. Attorneys could work out pleas in death cases on their own; now they must be approved by Ashcroft--for greater consistency, he says. In a recent Maryland...
...dark, with cell phone in hand and sidearm on the desk before him, makes one wonder if perhaps the stalwart leader of the Palestinian national movement hasn’t finally backed himself into a corner from which no escape is possible. On the heels of his plea for help, however, the rest of the world has raced to Arafat’s aid, at least verbally...
...country, honky-tonk and smoldering pop into something all her own. She has one of those rough, been-through-a-lot kind of voices, but she's careful not to overplay it. On Wheels Going By, an ode to summer driving and radio listening, and the jokey lover's plea See How I Need You, she positively purrs. When the brooding comes on Good Man, Rose nails it, singing something close to the perfect song as she asks her lover to "jump that hedgerow/ I'll jump this bedroom window/ Together we'll go and just ride, ride, ride." Only...
...Highwater Books, who exist on very slim margins, found themselves suddenly unable to collect monies owed them by LPC. Top Shelf, the Marietta, Georgia-based publisher of "From Hell," the comicbook inspiration for the Johnny Depp movie of last year, was compelled to release an extraordinary electronic plea for $20,000 in direct purchases to save it from going under...
...Graphically and narratively many of the pieces in "Stripburek" will be a challenge for even the most experienced and patient of American comix readers. Ultimately it's a good thing and I'd hate to be denied it. Happily, within twelve hours of Top Shelf's plea comix fans had rallied to the cause, saving the publisher from demise. The consequences for other publishers remain to be seen...