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ACQUITTED. former mayor of York, PA., CHARLIE ROBERTSON, 68, of the murder of Lillie Belle Allen, a black woman killed in that city's 1969 race riots; in York. Two other white men were convicted of second-degree murder in the case; six more had pleaded guilty earlier...
...Ally, the focus is on matters professional and romantic--here, about new attorneys Lynne (Gretchen Mol), Jeannie (Kathleen Robertson) and Sarah (Chyler Leigh). As on Ally, we see a high-priced law firm, eccentric cases and characters with nicknames like "the Worm." But don't think Kelley is only out to cannibalize Ally. He's also out to give feminist legal scholar Catharine MacKinnon a heart attack. Why else open the pilot with Lynne rehearsing opening arguments in the middle of the night in her skimpy jammies? Or run opening credits while the friends jog, put on makeup...
...made for reimbursement," says the magazine's lawyer, Geoffrey Bindman. "We're still discussing how the case will be formulated." Major's legal tussles highlight flaws in Britain's libel laws. "The main problem is that the defendant who is sued has to prove truth," says expert Geoffrey Robertson. This, he says, invites plaintiffs who are "prepared to lie and know that the media can't prove otherwise." In the absence of reforms that shift the burden of proof, says Robertson, piecemeal measures will have to suffice to protect freedom of expression: "One of the few things that...
...friendly and look Windows-like, but right now it's hard to use for half an hour without a lot of jargon about the root directory and other comp-sci stuff appearing on the screen. It will run a lot of Windows programs--games being the major exception. (Robertson has backed off earlier claims that his system is entirely Windows compatible.) Basically, Lindows is a work in progress. Stand by for the final release...
...video--which goes on to record the apparent killing of two more puppies--is the most shocking footage from a cache of 62 videotapes obtained in Afghanistan by CNN correspondent Nic Robertson and viewed by TIME last week. The Afghans who supplied the tapes told Robertson the video trove was recovered from a house formerly used by senior al-Qaeda leaders, including Osama bin Laden. If the tape of the dog dying was indeed produced by al-Qaeda, it provides the first publicly available visual evidence that the group has tested chemical agents on live subjects. John Gilbert, a former...