Word: nolen
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...link George W. Bush's granting of a stay of execution with compassion for Ricky Nolen McGinn [NATION, June 12]? Bush has always been a man-eating tiger about Texas executions. Do we think a catchy campaign phrase can suddenly change his stripes? You didn't report that Barry Scheck offered to pay for a DNA test for McGinn, who was convicted of rape and murder. The fear of being caught with a wrong decision is what drives most politicians of any stripe. PHIL PARKINSON Rio Rancho...
...willing to entertain doubt last week when he agreed for the first time in his record-setting 131 executions to grant a 30-day reprieve so that a more sophisticated DNA test of semen and hair samples could be performed in the rape and murder case of Ricky Nolen McGinn...
...week to make a decision that is also likely to shape voters' perceptions. After presiding over 131 executions--about one-fifth of all the executions since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976--Bush for the first time issued a 30-day stay of execution. The lucky man: Ricky Nolen McGinn, who had been sentenced to die for the 1993 rape and murder of his 12-year-old stepdaughter. Some may see Bush's move as the best evidence that he too will do whatever it takes to get elected, others as a sign the Texas Governor puts the compassionate...
...after him. The portrait is flattering neither to Mock nor Bush's courts. A similar Tribune investigation prompted Gov. George Ryan's moratorium on executions in Illinois - but though Gov. Bush made a calculated sidestep two weeks ago with his first-ever 30-day stay of execution, for Ricky Nolen McGinn, he seems likelier to stand by his state and hope for the best...