Word: popes
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Even prosecutor Tommy Pope, who pressed for the death penalty, said he believed justice had been served. But not everyone agreed. "Why don't they just open the doors of the prison and let them all walk?" asked Judy McKinney of Williamston, South Carolina, who watched most of the trial. "She left those kids hanging upside down in that water for nine days. What's more deserving of the death penalty than that?" Still, as Johnson explains, "what you have to remember is death-penalty cases never turn on legal, technical arguments. They turn on emotions, attitudes...
...weeks ago, when the double-murder trial began, there was no dispute as to what happened that night at the lake. But the jury was given two very different portrayals of Smith. The prosecution, led by 16th Circuit solicitor Thomas Pope, 32, painted Smith as a calculating, cold-hearted woman who drowned her children to win the affections of Tom Findlay, the son of the owner of the textile plant where she worked as a secretary. In his opening statement, assistant solicitor Keith Giese said, "For nine days in the fall of 1994, Susan Smith looked this country...
...argue that Smith -- who wrote a detailed confession -- was psychologically destabilized by a lifetime of betrayals: a father who killed himself, a stepfather who molested her, a husband who cheated on her and a boyfriend who toyed with her affections. The prosecution, led by 16th Circuit solicitor Thomas Pope, is expected to portray Smith's murderous act as the culmination of a life of deceit and manipulation. In reality, both characterizations may contain elements of truth...
...John Paulis in his own way a feminist," saysTIME's John Elsonabout the Vatican's open letter to women in which the Pope apologized for the Church's past treatment. The Pope wrote that there is "anurgent need to achieve real equalityin every area," calling for equal pay, fairness in career advancements andcivil equality.But the Church is not a democracy, John Paul says, and there is still no room in the priesthood for women. The letter, Elson notes, is "entirely consistent with his theme of the dignity of human life. He has expanded his horizons to emphasize the role...
...Pope John Paul IIstrongly condemned the Mafia today, urging Sicilians to "open a new page in their history." The pope has taken an increasingly hard line towards organized crime since he stunned Italians two years ago by denouncing the Mafia while on a visit to Sicily. Although past pontiffs have made general denunciations of violence, the current pope has been the first to single out the Mob, saysTIME's Richard Ostling. "John Paul is not one to be intimidated. He beat the Communist leaders in Poland. He's denounced the IRA in Ireland, rebuked leaders for human rights violations...