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...decision, written by Chief Justice William Rehnquist, conceded "for the sake of argument" that a "truly persuasive demonstration" of innocence might warrant federal review, but Leonel Torres Herrera did not meet even that hypothetical test. In 1982 he was convicted -- on the basis of eyewitness testimony and other evidence -- of shooting a Texas police officer. The court ruled that Herrera could not reopen his case years later by producing statements from four people who said his brother was the actual killer. The brother could hardly dispute the claim, since he died in 1984. In a dissent, Justice Harry Blackmun argued...
...suspect also has an outstanding arrest warrant for felony theft in Kansas, Schwab said...
...state of Israel requests the extradition of Demjanjuk and asks that a warrant be issued for his arrest on the charge of murder...
...seems to be discussing the vital question of rules of engagement -- that is, under what circumstances the peacekeepers could shoot. So the 25,000 U.S. and 12,000 other foreign troops remaining in Somalia may be stuck for weeks or months, and their duty remains hazardous. Last week Chief Warrant Officer Gus Axelson of the U.S. Marines took a bullet in the right shoulder while riding in a convoy in Mogadishu. He was the third U.S. military man wounded; one has been killed...
...spill of the radioisotope phosphorus-32 was not serious enough to warrant an immediate inspection of the site, said John Kinneman, an NRC inspector...