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Last October, after the splenetic first presidential debate, a clip from 1996 began to circulate on Twitter. A man with a head of lustrous white hair faced the camera in wire-frame aviator glasses of the sort that would later appear on American Apparel models. “This is the greatest democracy in the world,” he said in a raspy, avuncular voice. “People are watching not only throughout this country, but all over the world as to how this democracy can function with civility and respect, and decency and integrity.”
That was Jack Kemp, then the Republican vice-presidential candidate under Senator Bob Dole. Kemp stood behind a sturdy oak lectern at the Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg, Florida, where he was debating Vice President Al Gore, who would soon win a second term with President Bill Clinton. That night, Kemp pointedly declined to attack Clinton or Gore on personal and ethical terms; Dole had done the same at the presidential debate a few nights earlier. �
By Janet Post March 1, 2021
Virginia will become the 23rd state, and the first in the South, to vote to eliminate the death penalty. The state Senate repealed it Feb. 3. Gov. Ralph Northam has said he will sign the bill into law.
The legislature is still deciding whether those sentenced to life in prison under the new bill will be eligible for parole. Virginia had executed a higher percentage of death-row prisoners than any other state, the Death Penalty Information Center reported.
Opposition to the death penalty is growing among working people, and the number of state legislatures barring it has grown. Across the country there are still more than 2,500 working people on death row. Fifty of those are federal prisoners incarcerated at the Terre Haute Federal Correctional Complex in Indiana, where all federal executions take place.
A Pennsylvania police officer has been arrested after he took part in the deadly Capitol riot, and his prior social media posts indicate he was unrepentant.
Pennsylvania officer arrested, suspended from job over alleged involvement in Capitol riot msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Pennsylvania officer arrested, suspended from job over alleged involvement in Capitol riot msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.