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...Court has been closing off the paths through which death-row inmates get federal appeals courts to review -- and review again -- their convictions. That creates more pressure to ensure fair trials in the first place. Perhaps the most serious restriction yet may be handed down in a Virginia case, Wright v. West. That case could permit the justices to rule, in effect, that federal appeals judges should work mostly from the assumption that the courtroom rulings of state-level trial judges are correct. The result would be to limit sharply the kind of questions the federal courts can reopen...
EDITORIAL FINANCE: Genevieve Christy (Manager); Patricia Hermes, Esther Cedeno, Morgan Krug, Katherine Young (Domestic); Camille Sanabria, Carl Harmon, Sheila Charney, Aston Wright (News Service); Linda D. Vartoogian, Wayne Chun, Edward Nana Osei-Bonsu (Pictures...
EDITORIAL FINANCE: Eric A. Berk (Manager); Genevieve Christy (Deputy); Patricia Hermes, Esther Cedeno, Morgan Krug, Katherine Young (Domestic); Camille Sanabria, Carl Harmon, Sheila Charney, Aston Wright (News Service); Linda D. Vartoogian, Wayne Chun, Edward Nana Osei-Bonsu (Pictures...
Later that year Texas Democrat Jim Wright stepped down as Speaker after becoming embroiled in an ethics scandal. As House majority leader, Foley was the logical successor to Wright. When some Congressmen sought to reassure themselves that Foley was "squeaky clean," they asked Russ if he had any damaging information about him. Russ told them about the FBI report...
EDITORIAL FINANCE: Eric A. Berk (Manager); Genevieve Christy (Deputy); Patricia Hermes, Esther Cedeno, Morgan Krug, Katherine Young (Domestic); Camille Sanabria, Carl Harmon, Sheila Charney, Aston Wright (News Service); ! Linda D. Vartoogian, Wayne Chun, Edward Nana Osei-Bonsu (Pictures...