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The feelings of animosity did not, however, extend to the families of the two men. Parkman's widow, believe it or not, raised funds to help Webster's wife and children after the execution.
There are any number of Americans who would make an exception for John William King, the feral white man who chained a black man, James Byrd Jr., to a pickup truck last year and dragged him along a rough country road that skinned him alive and dismembered him. To object...
The jurors, in any event, did their best to avoid large issues. They imposed the death penalty, it seems, on practical grounds, as if King's execution were an urgency of public health, like disposing of an incurable case of rabies. If sentenced to life, King would probably kill someone...
The state of Texas under the old social contract would not have executed the white man King for murdering the black man Byrd. (To have done so, in fact, would have violated the white community's contract with itself.) Whatever misgivings arise from the fact of execution itself, the jury...
The relationship between Mark Morris and his partner Tina Fehlandt was not so clearly articulated. Their subdued and fluid movements stood in contrast to the brisk footwork and flirtatious posing of Marjorie Folkman and Mikhail Baryshnikov. While technically flawless, Barshnikov delivered a performance that appeared somewhat restrained. Was he playing...