Sherry Chandler » 2007 » December » 15
None of them, I regret to say, relating to baseball.
Republicans maneuver to permit CIA use of harsh interrogation tactics
Reid Chooses Admin-Friendly Measure as Basis for Surveillance Bill
Justice Dept. Seeks Delay on C.I.A. Inquiry
Ohio Elections Official Calls Machines Flawed
Capitol Pas de Deux: One Party Leads, and the Other …
and one for rejoicing
A Long Time Coming
It took 31 years, but the moral bankruptcy, social imbalance, legal impracticality and ultimate futility of the death penalty has finally penetrated the consciences of lawmakers in one of the 37 states that arrogates to itself the right to execute human beings.
This week, the New Jersey Assembly and Senate passed a law abolishing the death penalty, and Gov. Jon Corzine, a staunch opponent of execution, promised to sign the measure very soon. That will make New Jersey the first state to strike the death penalty from its books since the Supreme Court set guidelines for the nation’s system of capital punishment three decades ago.
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