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...time when only a few liberals and a small group of clergymen fretted over the fairness of the death-penalty system. But ever since famed defense lawyer Barry Scheck and his Innocence Project gained national exposure with their successes in freeing death-row inmates with DNA evidence, a number of prominent conservatives have come forward with their doubts about the reliability of the judicial process. These doubts have also turned up in the polls. "I don't know if McGinn is innocent or not," said Scheck, who has signed on as a volunteer in the McGinn case...
This sense of unease about a mistake-prone system is also beginning to surface among voters. Although a majority still support capital punishment, the number is down to 66%, from a high of 80% in 1994. But fully 92% support making DNA testing available to those convicted before its widespread use. At the moment, only two states, New York and Illinois, insist on giving inmates on death row access to the new technology. Why the shift? Part of it may be the legacy of the country's lower crime rate--even though murder stats have registered a slight uptick...
...decisive. Both candidates know how to play rough, and both of them, I suspect, are persuaded that you cannot win without ruthlessness. The Marquis of Queensberry is for losers. George W. Bush imitates his father in almost all things; in 1988 Bush the elder hit Michael Dukakis with a number of rabbit punches - the Willie Horton business, for example...
...pressure, was unchanged in May, which was good news for those watching Chairman Greenspan's interest-rate trigger finger; on the other hand, the possibly more reliable "core" rate, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, edged up 0.2 percent. Complicating matters: Prognosticators were agreeably surprised by the first number and slightly disappointed by the second, leaving Wall Street with a slight urge to buy but not a reason to believe...
...says TIME New Delhi bureau chief Michael Fathers. Rather than being paid on a scale comparable with soccer players' wages, say (let alone the sums earned in most U.S. professional sports), cricketers are encouraged to seek sponsors and burnish their income with product endorsements. That has led a growing number of players to take money from bookmakers for predicting the outcome of matches, and in some cases for throwing the game...