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Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
They Should Have Killed Him — The death penalty has a meaning, and it isn't vengeance. … Excuse me, I'm sorry, and I beg your pardon, but the jury's decision on Moussaoui gives me a very bad feeling. What we witnessed here was not the higher compassion but a dizzy failure of nerve.
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Neil A. Lewis / New York Times:
Moussaoui Given Life Term by Jury Over Link to 9/11 — ALEXANDRIA, Va. May 3 — A federal jury rejected the death penalty for Zacarias Moussaoui on Wednesday, with some jurors concluding that he played only a minor role in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Marc Santora / New York Times:
9/11 Verdict Draws Mixed Reactions — For the families of those killed on Sept. 11, there are many things they agree on when it comes to Zacarias Moussaoui. — That he is an unrepentant horror of a person is not much in question. They are quick to call his behavior during his trial and sentencing hearing abominable and painful.
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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:Complex Martyr — The Zacarias Moussaoui jurors split the difference.
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Bill Arthur / Bloomberg:Zacarias Moussaoui to Get Life Sentence for Sept. 11 (Update2)
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Washington Post:Jury Rejects Death Sentence for Moussaoui
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David Burge / iowahawk:
JUAN COLE, THE FIRST DRAFT — [Found in a dumpster behind the University of Michigan College of Liberal Arts: the first draft of Professor Juan Cole's latest cri de coeur] — Christopher Hitchens owes me a big apology. And a free two liter bottle of Pepsi®.
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Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
So Not Funny — First, let me state my credentials: I am a funny guy. This is well known in certain circles, which is why, even back in elementary school, I was sometimes asked by the teacher to "say something funny" — as if the deed could be done on demand.
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New York Times:
Under U.S. Pressure, Mexico President Seeks Review of Drug Law — MEXICO CITY, May 3 — After intense pressure from the United States, President Vicente Fox has asked Congress to reconsider a law it passed last week that would decriminalize the possession of small amounts of drugs as part …
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Rachel L. Swarns / New York Times:
Growing Unease for Some Blacks on Immigration — WASHINGTON, May 3 — In their demonstrations across the country, some Hispanic immigrants have compared the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s struggle to their own, singing "We Shall Overcome" and declaring a new civil rights movement …
Jeffrey H. Birnbaum / Washington Post:
House Lobbying Rules Call for More Disclosure — The House narrowly approved ethics legislation yesterday that would expand the amount of information that lobbyists must disclose about their interactions with lawmakers and would also rein in big-money political groups that spent heavily in the last presidential election.
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Edith M. Lederer / Associated Press:
Geena Davis Honored for Role As President — To the strains of "Hail to the Chief," actress Geena Davis accepted an award night for her television portrayal of the first woman president of the United States from an organization which is seeking to turn fiction into reality.
Jim Stratton / orlandosentinel.com:
Contractor's deal was Harris priority, former staffers say — Former senior members of U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris' congressional staff say they initially rejected a defense contractor's $10 million appropriation request last year but reversed course after being instructed by Harris to approve it.
New York Times:
Newark Candidate Runs Against His Own Fame — When Richard Whitten, a former Newark postal worker, met Cory Booker at a charity event downtown in 1996, his first impression was that Mr. Booker seemed too polished to be sincere. — With degrees from Stanford, Oxford and Yale Law School …
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Eric Boehlert / Salon:
Lapdogs — Cowardly and clueless, the U.S. media abandoned its post as Bush led the country into a disastrous war. A look inside one of the great journalistic collapses of our time. — Print EmailFont: S / S+ / S++ — President Bush with Tony Snow, left, and Scott McClellan, right …
Allan Lengel / Washington Post:
Businessman Pleads Guilty To Bribing Rep. Jefferson — A Louisville man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to bribing Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.) with more than $400,000 in payments, company stock and a share of the profits to promote the Kentucky firm's high-tech business ventures in Africa.
Ceci Connolly / Washington Post:
Study Finds Medicare Operators Often Give Bad Information — With less than two weeks remaining for seniors to sign up for the new Medicare prescription drug benefit, an independent review has found that Medicare's telephone operators frequently give callers false or incomplete information …
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