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...have their own death penalty. Last month Marvin Gabrion became the first person sentenced to death in Michigan since the state banned capital punishment in 1846. The case fell under federal jurisdiction because the murder he was convicted of took place a few hundred feet inside national forestland. In Vermont, another state without the death penalty, Ashcroft two weeks ago rejected a plea agreement worked out by the U.S. Attorney with lawyers for Donald Fell, accused of a kidnapping and killing. Under Reno's policy, U.S. Attorneys could work out pleas in death cases on their own; now they must...
...system, known as instant-runoff voting, has also been endorsed by most communities in Vermont. In Utah, where 40 candidates are vying for three congressional seats, the Republican Party decided to use instant runoffs at its May 11 convention to nominate candidates for the state's G.O.P. primary. And in heavily Republican Alaska--where Democratic Governor Tony Knowles was elected in 1994 by a mere 536 votes in a four-way race--voters will decide in August whether to adopt the instant-runoff system for nearly all its state offices...
...wrongful death claim over his or her mate. "The California statute was amended to expressly say domestic partners can sue, and that was, in part, due to Sharon Smith's testimony before the state legislature about her situation," explains Jon Davidson, senior counsel for the gay-rights organization Lambda. (Vermont and Hawaii now also allow wrongful death suits by same-sex partners...
Since 1999, some 16,000 men but more than 19,000 women have requested screening for alcohol abuse at federally funded day-long clinics held each spring at about 400 colleges. Individual schools have found their own gauges for the trend. At the University of Vermont, for instance, the average blood-alcohol level of drunken women treated at the hospital is now .20--10% higher than that of intoxicated men and more than twice the legal limit of .08. Counselors at Stanford University have observed an uptick in women who had "regretted sex" while drunk. And at Georgetown University there...
WHERE IS HE NOW? Resigned earlier this month to run for New Jersey Senate seat. Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy wants him investigated for engaging in partisan political activity while serving as independent counsel...