Defense often inadequate in 4 death-penalty states, review finds

"The jurors heard all about the convenience-store holdup, the gunshots and the dead clerk. Their unanimous verdict came swiftly: Warren King was guilty of a senseless murder that shocked rural Appling County, Ga. A death sentence almost certainly would be next, unless King's...

Hispanic Teenagers Join Southern Mainstream

"The buzzer blares and the students pour into the hallways — bubble gum snapping, locker doors slamming — as the young man of the moment saunters through the admiring crowd at Atkinson County High School."

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