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...move demonstrates how even the most ardent advocates of the death penalty can recognize the danger of wrongful convictions and act to prevent them. No one favors the death penalty for innocent people. Hopefully Illinois' action will have consequences nationwide; one especially hopes that Gov. George W. Bush's Texas, which executes more people than any other state, and Gov. Jeb Bush's Florida, which has identified more innocent death row inmates than more than any other state, will follow suit. Ryan's example shows that a politician, even one who has defended the death penalty, can still have...
...balancing act between local and national agendas won't end until Feb. 19, when South Carolina holds its party primary...
...contract is currently slated to expire June 30, 2001. If the council does not act by Dec. 30, however, his contract will automatically be extended for another year...
Similarly nebulous limits of expression at Brown University raised concerns that such guidelines could act as a de facto speech code after the expulsion of an undergraduate in 1991 for offenses that included shouting racial epithets...
...think it's personally selfish," he says. "[But] when people act in their own self interest, they end up doing what's economically best for everyone in the long...