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...bipartisan effort in the subcommittee as it evaluated thousands of pages of testimony and evidence. The question of Gingrich's guilt was settled last December 21, when he admitted to a statement of alleged violations. The House process since then has been aimed at producing an appropriate penalty. The verdict of reprimand, rather than a more severe censure, allows Gingrich to continue as Speaker. Committee chair Nancy Johnson characterized the penalty, which she called "tough and unprecedented" but fair, as a signal to all House members that their behavior would be held to the highest standards...
...Sugar Bowl history. And with Florida State's star runner, Warrick Dunn, hobbled by cramps, the Gator defense clamped down on the Seminole passing game in the second half; leading 24-17 at the break, the Gators never looked back. But as they wait for Friday morning's verdict, Florida has more than just Wuerffel and Hilliard to thank. Losses by Nebraska and Arizona State knocked those two contenders out of the title hunt, leaving the Gators in control of their own destiny coming into the Thursday night rematch. "God has smiled on the Gators, no question about it." Florida...
...watchers came and congratulated me," says Nelson Bickley, one of Kay's original lawyers. "The world--or what little world was there--felt she was going to walk." Even Riffe says, "Frankly, if they'd found her innocent, I wouldn't have been too upset." So the jury's verdict, guilty of first-degree murder, which carried a 15-year-to-life sentence, was a shock. Says Bickley, who in part blames himself for inadequate presentation of expert testimony: "I think the jury did not fully understand what the battered woman's syndrome...
...Senior writer Richard Lacayo, contributor Lance Morrow and correspondents White, Elaine Lafferty and James Willwerth shared the general-news prize for the Oct. 9, 1995, cover story, "O.J. and Race: Will the Verdict Split America?," which assessed the escalating racial rhetoric surrounding the Simpson trial...
...about our bankruptcy laws. Debts for "willful and malicious injury" cannot be discharged in bankruptcy, provided a timely complaint is filed. If the civil jury finds that O.J. Simpson is liable for money damages for killing Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, the facts necessary for that type of verdict would also serve to prevent that judgment's discharge in bankruptcy. While nothing prevents Simpson from simply filing for bankruptcy, his legal bills are the only thing likely to be discharged by such a proceeding. JOHN P. GUSTAFSON, Attorney Oregon, Ohio...