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...been caught up in drugs or an S&M cult. By the time her body was discovered, her face was known to virtually everyone in Japan. Her disappearance had been as obsessively covered locally as the O.J. Simpson trial had been in America, exploring as it did similarly complex racial issues, only this time through a Japanese mirror. The blondness of the victim, the assumed Japaneseness of the murderer, so many issues could be read into this case: How does Japan deal with foreigners? How does this society dehumanize women? And most importantly, what does the crime say about Japan...
...Timothy McVeigh?s case is unique in many ways. Until now, it hasn?t included many of the issues that are generally involved in death penalty cases, including racial inequities and ill-prepared defense counsel. But even with the government?s commitment to a fair trial and their unlimited resources, a serious mistake was made. And these are the kinds of mistakes that happen all the time in lower profile cases...
...Later in the year, when racial tensions flared on campus, Rudenstine regularly met with students and publicly advocated the importance of diversity, making his viewpoints heard on a wide range of issues...
...been nearly five weeks since a white Cincinnati policeman gunned down Timothy Thomas, a 19-year-old, unarmed black man. But instead of easing with time, the racial tensions in this city just keep bubbling to the surface...
...riots, including Damon Lynch III, who?s a minister at the New Prospect Baptist Church. He has promised a campaign of civil disobedience, including sit-ins, until changes are made. Another leader is a lawyer named Ken Lawson, who had previously filed a suit against the city in a racial profiling case. Lynch and Lawson make a very effective team, and have had a lot of success galvanizing support...