Month March 2005

Why so many?

U.S. holds about 10,500 prisoners in Iraq  The United States is holding about 10,500 prisoners in Iraq, more than double the number held in October, the military says.

Jurors’ Bible study reason penalty tossed

The Colorado Supreme Court yesterday threw out the death penalty in a rape-and-murder case because jurors had studied Bible verses such as “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth” during deliberations. During oral arguments before the Supreme…