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...from the death penalty, because jurors couldn't be certain that someone else wasn't involved. That matters because--as Judge Matsch reminded the government before the 1997 McVeigh trial, over which the jurist presided--"nonprosecution of equally culpable participants" may be a mitigating factor that helps a defendant avoid capital punishment. "Anything tending to show involvement of persons other than or in addition to Timothy McVeigh may be material to his defense." In interviews since his conviction, McVeigh has admitted carrying out the bombing and has denied that anyone else was involved. But skeptics argue that his denials could...
...said she was in a hospital with chest pains and he was there to take them to see her. The boy refused to believe him and, according to Sheriff Jarvis, ran into the house yelling "Get the guns!" The kids set the dogs loose, and the deputy left to avoid a confrontation. Most of the McGuckins remained in the house for the rest of the week, with their dogs about them, with a shotgun, rifles and handguns beside them, with 200 lbs. of food--a recent pickup from a food bank--to sustain them, even as a Pacific front brought...
...Bush administration says: Those former Soviet territories that vote to join the alliance should be welcomed into it. Peacekeeping missions should not be turned into quagmires. And the Europeans, when entertaining the idea of a new military initiative, should avoid anything that dilutes NATO commitments...
...With globalization and consolidation likely to continue, HMC is unlikely to avoid controversy entirely—but the University seems just as likely to overlook the occasional blow-up as long as the money keeps coming...
...secrecy is paramount, University administrators say—the pool of candidates for the presidency would be diminished immediately if contenders knew they would face public comment and scrutiny. So with the resources and money of the University at its disposal, the search committee went to great lengths to avoid the public eye. But now, in dozens of interviews with search committee members, candidates, administrators, faculty and staff over the year, a clearer picture begins to emerge of the process that led to the turning point: the Feb. 25 interview...