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Will a new president mean a new direction for France?

Hello again, I'm Warren Al-Mian, this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues, Americans care about most.

With close to a record turnout, France has elected a new president. Nicholas Sarcozzi promises

friendship with the United States. At home, he wants both reform and unity. On to the point,

what will it take to accomplish those goals? Also today, 200 criminal convicts have now been exonerated by DNA testing, some after

long prison terms and even sentences to death. In 75% of those cases, the major flaw was eyewitness

identification. We'll hear what 20 states and some 500 local jurisdictions are doing in a new

effort to guarantee justice for all.

First, here's the news.

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and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Hello again. Mormon, I'll be back with To the Point. Nicholas Sarkozy will be the new

president of France with an ambitious agenda at home and abroad. On To the Point, can he accomplish

both unity and reform? What does he really mean by friendship with the United States? Also today, 200

criminal convicts have been exonerated by DNA testing and prosecutors all over the country

are paying attention. We'll look at the eyewitness identification procedures and police

interrogations that lead to confessions. First, this news update, Greensburg, Kansas, a town of

1,500 people was 90% destroyed or damaged over the weekend by the most powerful tornado to hit the U.S. in eight years.

Today, in Greenberg, Greensburg, and other parts of Kansas, and several other states, heavy rains are causing new problems.

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