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John Louis Evans was a punk, a classic posturing punk. After his release from an Indiana prison, he and a buddy he met there went on a cross-country crime spree, Jimmy Cagneys writ small in convenience stores. In Mobile, Ala., on Jan. 5, 1977, they held up a pawnshop. As the owner, Edward Nassar, crawled on the floor, his two young daughters watching in horror, Evans shot him in the back, dead...
...thrust in the hedgerow, has always been central to English culture. No wonder, then, that Constable's following is large and loyal. His landscape is just what the English feel nostalgic for as they dodge trucks on the bypass amid the billboards and concrete goosenecks. It is conservatism writ in leaves and wheat...
More disturbing, perhaps, is the way such responses to State of the Union speeches have come to be prepared over the years, by Republicans and Democrats alike. They are now writ ten and filmed before a President be gins speaking and aired only minutes after he finishes, leaving no time for anyone to digest what he actually has to say. Observes Duke University Political Scientist James David Barber: "The form that has evolved here is really intriguing. It's the speech vs. the film, then the speech vs. the film vs. the analysts...
...abruptly refused to testify against Foat, and the judge released her for lack of evidence. Louisiana police promptly rebooked her as a suspect in the New Orleans slaying. But, in one of the case's many twists, no formal indictment was sought, and Foat was released on a writ of habeas corpus. She returned to Los Angeles, where she ran a catering business. Years passed, and the two cases seemed closed. All along Foat had denied any involvement. She told NOW associates that Sidote, the second of her four husbands, was a violent man who, she claimed, frequently beat...
...Last year the New York State Defenders Association estimated the trial costs for a typical capital-punishment case: a defense bill of $176,000, about $845,000 for the prosecution and court costs of $300,000. The total: $1.5 million, and this before any appeal is filed. Getting a writ before the Supreme Court, just one appellate step, might cost...