Word: shock
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CAMBRIDGE: Shock waves continue to reverberate through the American legal system one day after Judge Hiller Zobel's surprise decision to free a British au pair convicted by a jury of murder. Aghast, prosecution attorneys swore vengeance for baby Matthew Eappen. Others were uneasy at the way Zobel had imposed his will over the jury?s. "We are a system that believes in juries," said TIME National Correspondent and former civil rights lawyer Adam Cohen. "When a judge steps in, you have...
...persuaded the judge that the verdict should be all or nothing--murder or acquittal. It was a gamble that went terribly wrong. "It was stunning," said Alex MacDonald, a local trial attorney. "I do not know any lawyer in the Greater Boston area who has any reaction other than shock." The verdict brings a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment, with no possibility of parole for the British teenager until 15 years have been served. Woodward's defense will petition Judge Hiller Zobel to set aside the verdict this week and, if that fails, will appeal the case...
...decided to test the proposition that beta-carotene in pill form could protect smokers from cancer. The results were not what they expected. As the researchers reported in 1994 and 1996, smokers who took the beta-carotene pills actually suffered an increase in cancer rates. "Those studies sent shock waves through the vitamin community," says Bonnie Liebman, director of nutrition at the Center for Science in the Public Interest in Washington. "It showed just how little we know and how hesitant we should be before issuing recommendations...
...since Geffen Records in the early 1980s has a record label so dominated the industry. This year five of Interscope's albums have hit the Top 10, including the bland pop-rock act the Wallflowers, smooth R.-and-B. quartet Blackstreet, and shock rocker Marilyn Manson. "They keep things lean and focused," says Geoff Mayfield, charts editor of Billboard magazine. "They don't have a ton of acts, but they have a very high batting average with the ones they...
...Back in Britain, the Free Louise campaign was jubilant. But the tiny village of Elton, Cheshire soon learned Louise would not be on the next flight home. The court said it would hold on to Louise's passport, pending an appeal by prosecutors against the shock turnaround...