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...study adds a new dimension to debate about capital punishment. Arguments against the death penalty which question its morality and humanity have proven ineffective to proponents of capital punishment, but even those who feel no moral qualms about executing convicted murderers should be able to agree one point: any punishment as severe and final as death should only be exacted if we are absolutely sure that we are executing the guilty party...
Much of our national pride is rooted in our criminal justice system, which mandates that a defendant's guilt must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt...
...Delhi. "When we had covered about half the garden," recalls S.K. MATHUR, the chief horticulturalist, "she suddenly asked me, 'Do you talk to the plants?' I said, 'Of course.' She started laughing, and then she asked, 'Do they respond?' I told her that it had been scientifically proven that plants respond to tender human attention. I think she was glad to hear that. She was asking quite seriously because her husband had said on TV that he talked to his plants. She wanted to check...
...Harvard's newest fundraising ideas has also proven troublesome--the University Fund. Rudenstine hopes to raise $250 million to fund Harvard's five inter-faculty initiatives; supply seed money for new academic ventures; and provide some non-earmarked, fungible money for use at the President's discretion...
...woman who's an officer means that the chances of there being a collusion or a plot afoot is even more remote, because every time you get a new accuser, the chances of innocence go down mathematically. So while the military is being very cautious and saying innocent until proven guilty, the lid was clearly on his coffin with several nails in it already. This latest charge is just the super glue." Look for the sparks to fly next Thursday when testimony resumes...