Word: annelies
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...fact, according to some legal analysts, Bush's determination not to grant Graham a 60-day reprieve is largely based on the governor's personal interpretation of Texas law. The statute in question allows a governor to grant a one-time reprieve; Graham received one such reprieve from Ann Richards in 1993, and seven years later, Bush has chosen to emphasize the "one-time" aspect of the law rather than the possibility that a different governor may have his or her own "one-time" crack at a case...
...With reporting by Ann Blackman/Washington, Dan Cray/Los Angeles, Mitch Frank/New York and Maggie Sieger/Chicago
...moment of not having to manage a death row.) The nation's largest state, California, has had eight executions since 1976. In the nation's second largest state, Bush has six scheduled this month alone. And even among Texas Governors Bush stands out: during the four years Ann Richards, Bush's predecessor, was Governor, 51 Texans were executed--about half of Bush's just-under-two-a-month pace. While Texas' notoriously weak governorship puts certain constraints on Bush (he lacks, for instance, the power for a sweeping moratorium), he's got some discretion when it comes to the death...
...been videotaping random conversations," Ann says. "I want to make some sort of video tape--just our bizarre lives...
...Such actions have alienated many Radcliffe alumnae and may jeopardize the fundraising potential of the Ann Radcliffe Trust--which Lewis organized to fund campus women's groups...