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...requirement that bishops report any suspicion of sexual abuse to civil authorities. Later, Castrillon said: ''For the Church, the statute of limitations isn't merely a matter of juridical expediency.'' The U.S. bishops have asked to punish guilty priests beyond the canon law limit of 10 years after the victim's 18th birthday. But perhaps most noteworthy was Castrillon's citing, on three different occasions, of the Christian notion of thee '"conversion" of sinners - a sign that the U.S. bishops' underlying approach of zero-tolerance may itself be unacceptable to the Vatican...
...market is set up between alleys surrounding decrepit apartment buildings. Elderly Vietnamese women sit frying pancakes while others skin fresh fish. Cuts of meat hang in front of tailors mending pants and enormous bags of rice prop up the occasional war victim without legs. It was here, in 1969, where my mom was sewing and selling dresses with one of her sisters. Amidst cackling chickens and radio reports about the war, my father stumbled into the market. Ma must have been beautiful to attract his attention. After all, he came looking for a wedding dress for his fianc?...
...heard about Shopper's Food Warehouse immediately because we had a victim. There was a brief conversation about something at Michael's [Arts & Crafts], but no one had been injured. We really weren't focused on the relationship. We were focused on the murder...
...year sentence for attempted murder, had been denied. A judge had ruled that Mesbah's exemplary conduct in jail warranted his parole. But last week that same judge reversed himself, arguing that Mesbah, 28, was better off behind bars. Early release, the magistrate reasoned, would make Mesbah a victim of France's double peine - a "double jeopardy" law allowing the deportation of foreign convicts once they've done their time. Mesbah's case has provoked renewed outcries for the abolition of double peine, which affects thousands of forgotten foreign convicts each year, most of them of North African descent. Mesbah...
...plight of the 13-year-old bared more than Moose's temper: he was visibly shaken as he told reporters about the snipers' youngest victim. "I guess it's getting to be really, really personal now," Moose said to reporters, tears welling in his eyes. "So if there's any doubt out there what law enforcement is going to be engaged in, what we're going to be doing, then you can remove all doubt...