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...right-wing legislators, including eight elevated after irregular elections organized by the military last year, declared that under the constitution, Aristide's long absence left them no choice but to appoint a successor. As a 21-gun salute boomed over the capital, Supreme Court Justice Emile Jonassaint was sworn in, in a technical coup intended to prevent Aristide from ever coming back. Standing right by Jonassaint's shoulder was Cedras...
...armed services became the South African National Defense Force, and will begin to absorb former enemies from guerrilla armies like the A.N.C.'s Spear of the Nation. Things were changing so fast, a South African Broadcasting Corp. interviewer lost track of who was President, Nelson Mandela, who will be sworn in next week, or F.W. de Klerk, the incumbent. He turned from talking with De Klerk to sign off, saying, "Well, there's State . . . former State Pres . . . well, State President de Klerk, Mr. de Klerk . . . not former...
Under cross-examination by Perry's attorney, William P. Homans '41, Rooney acknowledged that the department had submitted information that turned out to be false on a sworn affidavit in order to obtain a warrant tosearch Perry's home...
Hance became the 231st convict to be executed since the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976. But this execution raised more disturbing questions than most. For one thing, a woman who was among the 12 jurors to sentence Hance to death in 1984 has sworn that she never concurred in the supposedly unanimous vote. There is also jolting evidence that race prejudice played a central role in the jury's deliberations. Finally, Hance, a black former Marine who was found guilty of bludgeoning to death two prostitutes in 1978, may have been mildly retarded. Douglas Pullen, a prosecutor...
...Lozano family says many contradictory things in statements to the press, Police and sworn statements," Chafetz said...