Word: moratorium
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This week's sweeping guilty verdict in the federal corruption case against former Illinois Governor George Ryan seemed sure to seal the gruff Republican's legacy as yet another in a long line of crooked Illinois politicians. But Ryan?s other major legacy - the moratorium he placed on executions in 2000, which earned him a Nobel Peace Prize nomination - is also under attack, and the reverberations could be felt across the entire country's criminal justice system...
...scheduled to haul in 1,240 whales, mainly minkes, but also 100 sei whales, 10 sperm whales and 10 fin whales, all of which are endangered. That's twice as many as were taken in 2000, more than even the number hauled in by Norway, which simply ignores the moratorium. Next year Japan plans to bag 50 humpbacks, the endangered giants famous for their spectacular breaches and eerie subaqueous songs. Stanford University cetologist Stephen Palumbi says their addition to the scientific catch will confound attempts to monitor poaching through the dna testing of meat, a method that has proved remarkably...
...hunting whales, but the meat wasn't eaten widely until the lean years after World War II, when it provided an abundant supply of protein during chronic food shortages. The average Japanese was eating only 13 oz. of the meat annually by 1980, seven years before the IWC moratorium took effect...
...simple majority this year," says Australia's Environment Minister, Ian Campbell, who locked horns with Japanese delegates last year, "it'll set back the cause of conservation." For one thing, Japan will be able to put an end to those pesky condemnations of its scientific quota. Ending the moratorium, however, would require the support of 75% of the IWC membership, and Campbell says that won't happen. But then, as far as Japan is concerned, absolute victory is probably beside the point...
...Monday, former Governor George Ryan, 72,is the third Illinois goverrnor since 1973 to be convicted of federal crimes. Ryan, who won worldwide acclaim and even a Nobel Peace Prize nomination for clearing out the state's Death Row and putting a moratorium on executions, was found guilty of running campaigns - and government offices - like a personal piggy bank to enrich himself, family and friends. The verdict, convicting Ryan on 18 counts ranging from racketeering to mail fraud, came after five months of testimony from more than 100 witnesses, including Ryan's previously convicted former chief of staff, some...