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Capano's trial had drawn national attention because he was a member of the Delaware elite and because, contrary to his attorneys' advice, he took the stand and confessed to getting rid of the victim's body but asserted that another of his ex-mistresses had committed the murder.
The Clinton administration had asserted a "protective function privilege," which would preclude Secret Service testimony on the grounds that if the president thought his agents might testify against him, he might keep them at a distance, thereby endangering his safety.
"Readme" asserted it was Gloria Steinem.
"There is no alternative" to evolution, asserted Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, during a recent Fox News debate.
" 'All the world's Michael Jacksons now go by Mike, simply because of one androgynously desiccated freak,' asserted M Pesca in his wrap-up yesterday.