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...against? But in the 38 states that use capital punishment, ways to deal with flaws in its administration are not so cut-and-dried. Last Sunday, Illinois became the first state to address such problems by banning the measure - albeit temporarily - when Governor George Ryan announced an indefinite moratorium on executions pending an investigation into the state's justice system. The last straw came last week when, for the 13th time, the state overturned a conviction of a death row inmate, which means that Illinois has exonerated more death row inmates than it has executed since the death penalty...
Instead, the council spent several hours deliberating before they approved, with four amendments, the Larkin petition, which will put an 18-month moratorium on development in East Cambridge...
...last night's meeting, City Manager Robert W. Healy also committed to funding a planning study which will take place in conjunction with the moratorium...
...three Planning Board amendments to the petition passed without opposition. One will exempt housing developments from the moratorium, which halts construction in an area bordered by the Somerville-Cambridge line, First Street, Main Street, and Windsor Street...
Berry said the moratorium would allow residents to develop a plan "for the people of this city," enabling them to go to work without cars and increasing safety...