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...N.A.A.C.P. Legal Defense Fund, which masterminded the attack on capital punishment, is confident that its victory will stand despite the new efforts. L.D.F. Attorney Jack Himmelstein insists that Sprague's study still does not show any rational distinction between those who do and do not get death. As for turning to mandatory execution, Himmelstein contends that it "would be administered just as arbitrarily." Prosecutors, he points out, could still bring lesser charges, juries could return lesser convictions and Governors would choose which sentences to commute. "We used to have mandatory capital punishment," Himmelstein notes. "The reason we turned...
Lane Bryant started out as Lena Himmelstein. She came to the U.S. from Lithuania in 1895, at 16. After four years of struggling along as a seamstress, she married a Russian jewelry salesman named David Bryant. Within a year, the couple had a son, but a few months later Bryant died. The young widow pawned her diamond earrings, bought a sewing machine, started making lingerie at home. By 1907 she was prospering sufficiently to borrow $300 to start a separate shop, and open a bank account. At the bank, she accidentally signed her name "Lane" instead of "Lena...