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...special referendum yesterday, almost 75 percent of some 1000 law students polled approved a resolution imploring "the Supreme Court to protect and uphold the hard-won civil rights gained through years of sacrifice and struggle." The resolution also asked Congress and President Bush "to restore the protection of these rights...
Because of the lengthy, complicated appeals process, the average delay between conviction for a capital crime and execution is more than seven years. That drawn-out process may soon be shortened. In a pair of decisions last month, the U.S. Supreme Court, which has been increasingly inclined to uphold death sentences, created nearly insurmountable procedural obstacles for death- ! row inmates seeking to have their appeals moved from state to federal courts. Congress is also considering several proposals to streamline the appeals process, including one issued by a commission headed by former Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell that would give each...
...reminds one of the Victorian view that men are lustful and uncontrollable and that women uphold what is right and good," Taylor said...
...release, Ashe refused admission to a man found guilty of gun theft. The angry district judge retaliated by detaining two of Ashe's deputies. Though a space for the prisoner later opened up in the county jail, Ashe told himself he had to stand up. Whether state courts will uphold his coup remains to be seen. But for the moment, Ashe had seized the better option available: take over the armory, instead of watching even more dangerous criminals go free...
...some local communists say they can see a justification for Stalin's measures. "We uphold Stalin," says Lawrence. "He made some very serious errors, but he did them in the context of trying to implement communism...