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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 2002
Page
2
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Local newspaper lists general news and department contacts for Cedar Rapids and Iowa City. Includes main lines for Arts, Editorial, Features, Financial, Milestones, Online, Photo, Sports, and Advertising with toll free options.
The Gazette and Iowa City Gazette publish daily and Sunday editions from Cedar Rapids Iowa with multiple subscription rates and delivery options. Contact numbers and a note on Associated Press republication rights are listed along with office addresses and postal details.
Leonard Pitts reflects on the Bobby Frank Cherry verdict decades after the 1963 Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing. He frames justice as elusive, notes Hoover era delays, interviews Birmingham veterans, and laments missed opportunities for decisive accountability. He questions whether this outcome fulfills true justice.
The Supreme Court agreed to review a 50 year old Virginia cross burning ban amid debates over free speech versus intimidation by Klan or similar groups. The case could shape state laws aiming to curb a symbol tied to violence and racial hatred, with a ruling expected next year.
The court limited death row appeals and upheld a murder conviction amid claims of ineffective counsel. It upheld state immunity against federal probes, set to affect business tax disputes with Boeing and the IRS. The court also reviewed Virginia cross burnings and will reexamine 1998 cases involving Klansmen and intimidation.
Washington medical examiner Dr. Jonathan Arden ruled Chandra Levy's death a homicide though the exact cause may never be known. Police Chief Charles H. Ramsey pledged to locate the killer as investigators remain baffled after Levy disappeared for 13 months. Mourning services drew over 1,000 attendees in Modesto, California.
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