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Penry stands at the center of a debate that bedevils even some supporters of the death penalty: Should the state execute people who have committed brutal acts but have the mentality of children? "While no one minimizes the severity of the crime," Penry's attorney, Robert Smith, wrote in his appeal to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, "because of his mental retardation and family background, it is not possible that Johnny Paul Penry is among the most culpable offenders for whom the ultimate punishment is reserved...
...that it wasn't entertaining. At least once a day, Florida secretary of state Katherine Harris modeled something from Chanel or Mrs. Howell's Gilligan's Island collection. Harris, a supporter of Governor George W. Bush, would issue a totally nonpoliticized ruling favoring Bush, and then Florida attorney general Bob Butterworth, who chaired Vice President Al Gore's state campaign, would issue a totally nonpoliticized response favoring Gore...
...wouldn't have been this embarrassing if Bush and Gore had insisted on more restraint. "It's a free-for-all," Rogow said, and one day in his office, the incoming calls backed him up. Dershowitz was on Line 1, and former Secretary of State Warren Christopher, a Gore point man, was on Line 2. Both were calling to apply some muscle...
...Indian movie star kidnapped by the bandit Veerappan; after 108 days in jungle captivity; in Bangalore, India. Veerappan, who is accused of 120 murders but has eluded capture for 30 years and is regarded as a hero among Tamil separatists, took a $2.17 million ransom raised by two Indian state governments and retreated to his hideout, forgoing his demand for the release of government prisoners...
...seeing them cry when he told them they couldn't spin on the soda-fountain stools with the white children. He led the 1965 "Bloody Sunday" march in Selma, Ala., and later turned his efforts to the poor and homeless. Though he won election to local and state offices, he said one of his happiest days was in '63--when he returned to that Savannah drugstore with his sons. They all spun on the stools even after the counterman closed the fountain down. Williams told them, "It's been a long time comin', boys, so let's enjoy...