Ohio should retire death penalty and end electric chair
Editorial argues against executions and calls for Ohio to abolish the death penalty. It notes the electric chair’s risk and a 1999 delay with lethal injection raising concerns, urging a total abolition of capital punishment in the state.
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Green Mile
Reginald Wilkinson
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction
Wilkinson
Ohio
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Editorial cheers prosecutor probe Ramadugu case feels right on
Letter applauds July 10 editorial urging a full fact finding by a special prosecutor in the Dr Ashok Ramadugu case. Writer questions the Lorain County prosecutor office integrity, notes lobbyist pressure on judges, and criticizes TV coverage of Chandra Levy and Gary Condit with a focus on sensationalism over facts.
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Gary Condit
Modesto
Calif
Condit
Big
I.o
Henry Hyde
Daniel Burton
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US abandons two wars aim in new defense shift
The New York Times reports a classified document shows the United States will abandon the two war simultaneity requirement. The plan orders victory in one major conflict while defending territory and pursuing holding actions elsewhere, signaling a major shift in post Cold War defense budgeting and policy debated for weeks.
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Europe
Latin America
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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D-Ark
McNamara
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Feds waste cash as pork and mis-spending loom
Cal Thomas critiques federal spending, noting the Fair Taxes for All Coalition received 618 million in taxpayer funds to back its campaign while programs such as TeamMates draw millions. He cites examples from education, defense, and agriculture, highlighting pork projects and opaque budgets as evidence of fiscal mismanagement.
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Fair Taxes For
Tom Osborne
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Nebraska
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Debbie Schlusser
WorldNetDaily.com
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Schlusser
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Air Force
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Mike Thomas
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