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October 5, 2001 Cover story:
Death penalty
lawyers
The pay is poor, their clients are despised, but they
wouldn’t be anywhere else
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NCR's Vatican Correspondent
“The
pressures of being a pope”
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Contents:
The links below will take you to this week’s
stories:
 Cover story: RARE BREED: Death
penalty lawyers defend rights of politically invisible
Cover story: Federal
legislation impedes work of death penalty lawyers
Cover story: Innocence
Protection Act
Inside NCR
Starting Point: Called to do
more than just show up
Special Report: The ethics of
war
Special Report: At a
glance
Special Report: Seeking
consolation for grieving hearts
Special Report: Expert tracks
radical Islamic movements
Special Report: Attacks find
no justification in Islam, Muslim leaders say
Special Report: Speakers
explore ‘gift of forgiveness’
Mixed messages on force abound
during papal trip
Despite tensions, ecumenical
conviviality takes precedence
Reporter’s
notebook
Pope’s frailty apparent
in visit to central Asia
POETRY
Books: Nouwen lives again in
tribute volume
Tim Unsworth column: A man who
was ‘filled with God’
Jeannette Batz column: Talking
to myself: a way out of gray world inside my head
Viewpoint: Transfer support to
those trying to eliminate violence, hot or cold
EDITORIAL: Nonviolence is a
practical strategy
Perspective: Afraid to imagine
what could go right |
