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...charges against him were wrong, and he spent 17 years on death row in terrible conditions when he was innocent," Ryan said...

Author: By Melissa R. Brewster, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Illinois Gov. Explains Stance Against Death Penalty | 12/6/2000 | See Source »

...Chicago Tribune report of 300 capital punishment cases also influenced Ryan's decision. He was appalled that all white juries had convicted 35 African-American death row inmates and lawyers whose licenses were revoked represented 33 death row inmates...

Author: By Melissa R. Brewster, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Illinois Gov. Explains Stance Against Death Penalty | 12/6/2000 | See Source »

...example, he said, "we found a half dozen precincts where there were 20 to 25 dimples in a row...

Author: By Marc J. Ambinder, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sasso Lectures KSG Class on Florida Ballots | 12/6/2000 | See Source »

Florida's most hawkish Republicans see the state supreme court decision to move the certification deadline from Nov. 14 to Nov. 26 as the latest usurpation of their legislative power; the court has recently struck down a parental-consent abortion law as well as a law limiting death-row appeals. This prompted some Republicans to try expanding the number of judges on that court so they could pack it with their own. (They failed, just as Franklin Roosevelt did when he tried a similar maneuver with the U.S. Supreme Court.) A special legislative session picking Bush electors, using the original...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election 2000: The Florida Gambit | 12/4/2000 | See Source »

...groggy breakfast-time America. The prospect of a toaster that quickly pops up perfect golden-brown slices every time is to be dreaded. Will the toaster swallow the slice, then hold it in its stubborn grip until it's a hunk of smoking charcoal? How many times in a row will you have to insert a slice, only to see it instantly pop back up again? Set the dial to WELL DONE, and the "toast" that emerges five long minutes later is pale yellow. Exactly! The recalcitrant toaster must not die. It's this very duel of wits between...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Four Inventions I Hope I Never See | 12/4/2000 | See Source »

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