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George W. Bush has at least one distinction as Governor: since he took office in 1995 his state has seen more executions--119--than any other. Just as he was beginning his presidential campaign in 1998, the case of convicted murderer Karla Faye Tucker came up for review. Religious leaders from Pat Robertson to the Pope pleaded with Bush to spare Tucker. Like Bush himself, she had found Christ in midlife. He could have issued a 30-day reprieve and signaled to the parole board that Tucker should be granted clemency. He didn't. Although he said he was anguished...
Swaggering past the death house still works in Texas, where crowds gather outside the Huntsville death chamber to cheer on the executioner. But lately more Americans, including some Republicans, are questioning how just the practice is. Governor George Ryan of Illinois, a conservative Republican, halted all executions in his state on Jan. 31, after concluding the system was "fraught with error." Thirteen people scheduled for death in Illinois had been exonerated. Three of them were freed after a journalism class at Northwestern University proved someone else had committed the crimes. One of the three came within two days of dying...
...first Valentine from the U.S. came from Madeleine Albright a year and a half ago. After two decades of both countries' vilifying each other, the U.S. was now ready to explore "normal relations" with Iran, the Secretary of State announced. Since then, Washington has sent one warming signal after another. Officials dialed back Iran-baiting rhetoric and eased criticisms of European governments that had normalized relations with Tehran. The State Department even crossed Iran off its list of major narcotics producers and relaxed the U.S. trade...
...Chillier than a maiden with an unwanted suitor. "There has been very little coming back," laments a senior Clinton aide. Iranian officials have dismissed Washington's feelers, arguing that crushing economic sanctions are still in place. CIA director George Tenet warned this month that Iran "remains the most active state sponsor" of terrorism and could test a long-range missile "in the next few years" that could reach...
What does Iran really want? The State Department believes some top Iranian officials--to say nothing of the bulk of the population--want more normal ties. But saying that publicly in Tehran is politically risky. "The moderates," explains Kenneth Katzman, a Middle East expert with the Congressional Research Service, "don't feel they have adequate political cover to pursue [closer ties] right now." Even if his reformers win a majority in this week's elections, Iran's President Mohammed Khatami still may not be willing to go beyond exchanging tourists or sports teams. And though the White House says...