Word: proof
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Several community members and councillors said they felt the prince should not be using the rent control system when he could probably afford uncontrolled housing. And many rent-control landlords cited the example of the prince as proof of the fallibility of the rent control system...
...Texas, where the inmate population doubled in the past dozen years and voters last year approved a $1.1 billion bond issue to build 24 new state prisons, hard-line corrections officials want to see more proof that the new concept is effective. Seven months ago, Tarrant County moved 1,440 maximum- security inmates from three old, overcrowded facilities into its newly built Tarrant County Correction Center in Fort Worth, the first fully functioning direct-supervision jail system in the state; it features sunny single cells with windows, no bars. "Since then," says the center's newly appointed warden, Major James...
Nationally, big-city jailers, their hands already full controlling pretrial detainees and short-term prisoners in overcrowded conditions, tend to resist such reforms. They want more proof that the new designs are truly more efficient and that their guards will be safe. Proponents counter that with proper screening, violent prisoners, who account for only 10% of inmates, can be isolated in highly secure areas, while the general population could dwell in less expensive -- and relatively normal -- environments...
These are the sorts of considerations that Coleman might have raised on appeal. But during his first habeas appeal, a pair of pro bono lawyers from Arnold & Porter argued primarily that there was insufficient proof of his guilt. Since then, court after court has rejected Coleman's arguments, maintaining that such details should have been presented in the first appeal. A year ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against his petition for an evidentiary hearing because the Washington lawyers filed papers a day too late. "Coleman might very well be innocent, yet the Supreme Court has used this arbitrary rule...
...response from suburban taxpayers was ferocious, ranging from death threats to calls for Florio's impeachment. Last November voters elected veto- proof Republican majorities in both houses of the legislature. They are now trying to reverse most of Florio's program -- while also fumbling for a way to satisfy the same court order that led the Governor to formulate his plan...