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 | The ultimate punishment
Scott Turow tried -- and failed -- to build a better death penalty. Now he wants it abolished.
By Tim Grieve
[2003-10-17]
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 | Life sentences
Novelist Mark Salzman, who spent four years teaching locked-up young hoods in L.A., talks about his students, their writing and how they inspired him to have a child of his own.
By Sheerly Avni
[2003-09-18]
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 | Unjust executions
Sentencing errors send inmates who deserve life to their death, even after the mistakes are discovered and ruled unconstitutional.
By Dave Lindorff
[2003-05-06]
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 | Dead man walking home
A state court has overturned the conviction of Joseph Amrine, who spent 18 years on death row even though witnesses against him recanted their testimony.
By Dave Lindorff
[2003-05-01]
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 | The redemption of Gov. Ryan
Facing a possible indictment for corruption, the veteran political deal-maker shut down death row in Illinois. Is he trying to save lives -- or his own legacy?
By Patrick Arden
[2003-01-16]
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 | The death penalty: "Arbitrary and capricious"
Outgoing Illinois Gov. George Ryan provoked bitter controversy Saturday when he commuted the sentences of 157 death row inmates. In a speech, he explains his decision.
[2003-01-14]
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 | The Salon Interview: Steve Earle
The radical country rocker and composer of "John Walker's Blues" blasts the war on Iraq, denounces the death penalty and explains why ex-druggies believe in God.
By Andrew O'Hehir
[2002-11-13]
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 | A cool cowpoke gets political
Steve Earle, a new disc under his belt, talks about his tumultuous career -- a hair-raising ride that has included many wives, an ugly romance with heroin, and watching a man die.
By Mark J. Miller
[2002-08-29]
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 | Another strike against the death penalty
The U.S. Supreme Court lifted the death sentence on more than 100 cases, but some critics say court conservatives may only be trying to fine-tune the machinery of capital punishment.
By David Lindorff
[2002-06-25]
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 | Antonin Scalia's crisis of conscience
In a case that could free hundreds from death row, the conservative Supreme Court justice finds that his support for the rights of juries clashes with his staunch advocacy of the death penalty.
By Dave Lindorff
[2002-06-12]
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 | Too late to stop the hangman?
Missouri is determined to execute Joseph Amrine for murder even though every prosecution witness and the jury foreman now say he's innocent and new witnesses point to another man. Why? A federal law says the evidence came in too late.
By Dave Lindorff
[2002-02-20]
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 | Are you ready to dance on Osama's grave?
The apparent architect of our worst nightmare is seen celebrating our losses. Will we do the same when he comes to a violent end?
By Gawain Charlton-Perrin
[2001-12-14]
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