However, as Kate Summerscale notes in this account of his crime and its aftermath, it seems more likely that he had suffered some kind of psychotic breakdown.
As many in the city suffer from the tragedy and its aftermath, it is appropriate to ask the owners of taxi medallions to bear their share.
A fragile, beautifully human evocation of bereavement and its aftermath, it proved beyond question that McCartney was still capable of at least fleeting brilliance.
Having started out as a pulsating account of violent tragedy and its aftermath, it becomes a schlocky revenge fantasy featuring a ridiculous renegade detective.
And whatever the final judgment of history may be on apartheid and its aftermath, it is certainly true that Mandela's extraordinary lack of bitterness towards his jailers, and towards all his erstwhile oppressors, made a decisive difference.
If we learned any lesson from the 2000 election and its aftermath it is that a "my way or the highway" approach to governing doesn't work in the long or even medium run.
As a jury convicted three of the minor players of involvement in the raid and its aftermath, it can be revealed that the ringleaders include a man cleared of the murder of an undercover police officer investigating the £26m Brink's Mat gold bullion raid in 1983.
For while it was right that one overarching inquiry should indeed look at all aspects of the planning and conduct of the war and its aftermath – it was after all the worst British foreign policy blunder in a century or more – that vast remit left the Chilcot team with an almost unmanageable volume of material to examine.
But from virtually the moment that Mr. Louima first filed a federal lawsuit claiming that his civil rights had been violated in the attack and its aftermath, it has been far less certain whether he would win more than financial damages.
IF you didn't live through Hurricane Sandy and its aftermath, it's hard to fathom the extent of the destruction.
It's an urgent matter, because if we've learned anything from the G.O.P. convention and its aftermath, it's that the 2008 edition of John McCain is too weak to serve as America's chief executive.
