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That's the best NYT headline I've seen, even if it doesn't equal the NY Post's "Headless Body in Topless Bar".

For the sake of clarity, the headline is currently "Dennis Hof, Dead Brothel Owner, Cruises to Victory in Nevada State Election". Prostitution is legal in Nevada. Hof has been accused of rape and sexual assault. Hof held a campaign event the night before his death with a porn actor (Ron Jeremy) and an unofficial symbol of the GOP who was found guilty of egregious racial profiling by the Department of Justice while working in law enforcement (Joe Arpaio). His opponent was a woman who is alive.

The article has some truly disturbing insight from a local professor of Political Science and has tremendous value beyond a funny headline. I am glad that the headline has been revised.

Yes, the NY Times changed the headline (though evidence of it is still in the URL)

  found guilty of egregious racial profiling by the Department of Justice

The DOJ can't "find" anybody "guilty" of any crime. That's what juries are for. Obama's DOJ sued his department.

That is correct. It was a federal court that convicted him of racial profiling. He also cost the taxpayers 4 million dollars (out of a total of about 150 million) by failing to cooperate with legal proceedings and being charged with contempt.

For the sake of clarity, a jury is not required to be found guilty. An accused person has a right to a trial by jury but that right is usually not exercised due to the cost of litigation.

  convicted him of racial profiling

Again, false. He was convicted only of contempt of court, and he was pardoned for that.

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