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Wrongly convicted, they sat on death row for years. Extraordinary legal measures saved their lives. A new play confronts us with their nightmares.
By Amy Goldwasser
October 20, 2000
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By Alan Berlow
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October 17, 2000
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Trying to turn the tables on the GOP candidate, Gore's campaign chief seizes upon a Bush debate misstatement.
By Jake Tapper
October 13, 2000
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By Alan Berlow
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October 6, 2000
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Camille Paglia, Arianna Huffington, Roger Ebert, Ben Stein and others weigh in on the partisan fisticuffs in Boston.
Compiled by Salon News Staff
October 4, 2000
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His "not me" excuse for the 145 executions in Texas on his watch relies on the kind of legal hairsplitting that would make the president proud.
By Alan Berlow
October 3, 2000
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George W. Bush jets in long enough to see Texas execute another prisoner -- putting him just 4 shy of his own record for the most put to death in one year.
By Jake Tapper
September 28, 2000
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Despite a partisan tie vote, Tennessee convict Philip Workman faces execution, while the country faces new facts about the death penalty.
By Ashley Fantz
September 14, 2000
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Advocates for the mentally retarded question the use of I.Q. tests in determining who is fit to be executed.
By Carol Lloyd
August 9, 2000
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The Northwestern professor whose students helped free four death row prisoners talks about Gary Graham, George W. Bush and why Al Gore is silent on Graham's pending execution.
By Anthony York
June 22, 2000
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The Texas governor has issued his first reprieve in a death penalty case; the question is whether he's seen the light or is just playing politics.
By Alan Berlow
June 12, 2000
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Bush's nonchalance toward death penalty is disturbing Plus: Is Microsoft's call for censoring justified? America's "Child Geniuses" are just book-smart.
May 15, 2000
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Did execution-happy George W. Bush sign off on the lethal injection of an innocent man?
By Alan Berlow
May 11, 2000
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Are the cyberrich selfish? Plus: Should women's equality extend to the death penalty? Don't blame Republicans for cops' zealous raids.
May 8, 2000
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Chivalry lives when a woman must die.
By Cathy Young
May 4, 2000
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Oliviero Toscani of Colors and Talk magazines talks about media hypocrisy, corporate responsibility and why fashion makes us stupid.
By Debra Ollivier
April 17, 2000
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A death row inmate in Tennessee could be the last to die in Ol' Sparky, unless new evidence can get him a retrial.
By Ashley Fantz
March 20, 2000
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Barry Scheck and Jim Dwyer talk about the Innocence Project, which has helped overturn eight wrongful convictions of death-row inmates.
By Alicia Montgomery
March 17, 2000
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Why is the job of overturning wrongful death penalty convictions being left
to a handful of students and academics?
By David Moberg
March 1, 2000
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Extra time on the SAT? You're not only cheating yourself Plus: A minivan is not a sexy accessory, but you can't transport the kids in a pair of motorcycle boots; death penalty foe hurts his own cause
Letters to the editor
February 11, 2000
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The government seeks to turn around its abysmal human-rights record and gain European Union membership.
By Laurie Udesky
February 9, 2000
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Public support is weakening, but the death penalty will be slow to die.
By Michael Kroll
February 8, 2000
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The state doesn't just hold a record for executions -- it proudly posts online the macabre details of hundreds of convicts' last suppers and final words.
By Donna Ladd
February 4, 2000
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While teens get lethal injection for their crimes, Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel, 39, could become the oldest murder defendant in juvenile court -- such is justice for the rich.
By Bruce Shapiro
January 26, 2000
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Don't blame Gov. Bush -- he's just one of Texas' many willing executioners Plus: Is Confederate flag flap a waste of NAACP time? How "liberated" are women who wait by the phone for a date?
Letters to the editor
January 21, 2000
The exonerated
Bush's big lie
Doubt on death row
"This is a shaky death case"
Bush's death penalty dodge
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