Alabama bans hitching posts as cruel prison practice
A federal magistrate ruled Alabama’s use of chest-high hitching posts to restrain inmates illegal. She rejected the claim the posts were not punishment, noting the method is highly painful. The decision ends the last major challenge to Alabama’s 1995 return to chain gangs. In June, agreements allowed inmates to work with chained legs but not chained to others. The hitching posts have stood at state prisons since 1986 to detain defiant inmates.
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Incarceration Gap Widens Across Racial Lines
A study by The Sentencing Project finds the gap in incarceration rates rising in 38 states and the District of Columbia from 1988 to 1994. It estimates 14 percent of black men have lost voting rights, with 1.46 million black males disenfranchised from a voting age pool of 10.4 million.
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Sentencing Project
Senate backs Clinton nominees in smooth confirmations
The Senate unanimously backed Clinton Cabinet picks with Bill Richardson facing a pointed U N back dues dispute raised by Senator Jesse Helms. William Daley won Commerce Committee approval 15 1, and Rodney Slater and Charlene Barshefsky drew favorable hearings as Richardson urged cooperation.
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Bill Richardson
U.N
Jesse Helms
Senate Commerce Committee
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William Daley
Commerce
Transportation
Rodney Slater
Finance Committee
Charlene Barshefsky
U.S
Helms
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Richardson
New Mexico
AP Proto
Journal backs medical marijuana use in medical favors
The New England Journal of Medicine advocates permitting doctors to prescribe marijuana for medical purposes, calling government sanctions misguided. Editor Kassirer argues federal officials are out of step with public opinion, noting support afterArizona and California votes. Reno warns doctors could lose prescriptions and Medicare/Medicaid access. McCaffrey counters that smoke is not medicine, urging safer proven treatments.
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New England Journal of Medicine
Jerome Kassirer
Arizona
California
Atty
Janet Reno
Kassirer
Army private identified as John Doe 2 in OKC bombing case
Prosecutors in Denver identified Pvt Todd Bunting as the man pictured as John Doe No 2. He rented a truck the day after Timothy McVeigh rented the truck used in the bombing and said he had no involvement. Authorities seek another possible accomplice.
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John Doe
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Justice Department
U.S. District Court
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Junction City
Kan
Timothy McVeigh
Bunting
Army
Fort Riley
McVeigh
South Carolina
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Fort Benning
Timmonsville
S.C
FBI
Carolina Panthers
OJ jury inspects photo evidence in civil trial
Jurors in O J Simpson's civil case request a photo magnifier and a test tube image linked to blood evidence. Judge Fujisaki allows the loupe but withholds the test tube picture as deliberations continue over contested photographs and EDTA tube details.
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Santa Monica
Calif
O.J. Simpson
Simpson
Superior Court
Hiroshi Fujisaki
Nicole Brown Simpson
Ronald Goldman
Wallace Escorted as German Shepherd Attacks CBS Crew
Mike Wallace and a CBS 60 Minutes crew, while filming near a man identified by Jewish groups as a Nazi war criminal, faced a snarling German shepherd that lunged at them. The dog tore the coat and bit the sound man on the thigh after Wallace reported the attack.
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New York
CBS
60 Minutes
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Associated Press
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