The Virginian-Pilot

THE LEDGER STAR

Daily Break: Thursday, March 13, 1997

• CORRECTION/CLARIFICATION: ***************************************************************** The Alford plea derives from the 1970 case North Carolina v. Henry C. Alford, in which Alford, while maintaining his innocence, pleaded guilty to a charge of second-degree murder, thus avoiding the possibility of a death sentence. The Supreme Court has considered an Alford plea to be analogous to a plea of nolo contendere; the main difference is that a plea of nolo contendere does not make any claim of guilt or innocence. (National Newsletter for Professional Copy Editors, June/July 1997) Unpublished correction entered June 30, 1997. ***************************************************************** THE ENFORCER ``CHUCK'' GRIFFITH JR. FOUND HIS CALLING AS A TOUGH PROSECUTOR WHO DOESN'TLIKE TO LOSE. ``THERE ARE RULES,'' HE SAYS, ``YOU PLAY BY THEM, THE BEST MAN WINS.''
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