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Inmates on South Africa's Death Row cheered wildly upon hearing that the country's highest court had banned capital punishment. Over 450 prisoners had been in limbo since 1990, when the former government declared a moratorium on executions during the transition to democratic rule. The country previously had one of the highest execution rates in the world, hanging dozens of convicts each year. Although the decision is currently highly popular, especially among blacks,TIME Johannesburg bureau chief Scott Macleodsays the country's soaring crime rate may change opinions. "The draconian laws of the old regime were seen as being...
...football team played. The band (with meplaying a baritone in the rear row) marched. TheSignet served its excellent conversationallaunches and provided opportunities for itsmembers to gracefully experiment with how muchthey could safely drink. My association with mythree roommates in Winthrop House was a continuingdelight...
Things started off well enough, with a 12-2 win over B.C. and a 19-4 destruction of Penn. But then the Crimson lost to Princeton--for the third year in a row--and the tone of the season was set, with a couple wins always being sandwiched by losses...
...world deserve legal counsel. But the Louisiana-born, Texas-bred, aw-shucks county lawyer tells Time that he is fully prepared to stick with his role as champion of the underdog. After all, he has supported losing causes before: Nixon and Roger Dale Stafford, Oklahoma's most notorious death-row inmate, and his own three unsuccessful bids for electoral office. Says Jones of his court-appointed mission: "I think lawyers have to give something back to the state and the profession...
...sold out David Spade last year," Coffey said. "But we went to Saturday Night Live [featured come- dians] three times in a row, and maybe weoverestimated [Rock's] popularity...