61. The murder so shocked the nation that it eclipsed impeachment proceedings against President Fernando Collor de Mello, who resigned the next day in a corruption scandal. 62. The killings shocked the nation. 63. The news shocked a nation accustomed to gruesome Truth Commission hearings and created headlines around the world. 64. The news shocked a nation used to the catalogue of horrors that has emerged from commission hearings. 65. The scope of business-government collusion shocked the nation, but more shocks were to come. 66. The slaying, which shocked the nation, was one of the grisliest racial crimes since the civil rights era. 67. The trial of the other man accused of the slaying that shocked the nation, Russell Henderson, ended in April just before a jury was seated. 68. The two murders shocked the nation. 69. The trial judge recommended that Venables and Thompson be held for at least eight years for the killing that shocked the nation. 70. Then the nation was shocked by the revelation that some contestants had been given answers beforehand. |