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John J. Donohue, a gun control advocate and opponent of the death penalty, presented his analysis of gun-related violence and other negative social factors that lead to it during the third in a series of Safe Oakland talks organized by District 4 Councilwoman Libby Schaaf. The programs are being held at Holy Names University on Wednesday nights. Donohue spoke on May 1.

Law teachers ask court to dump gay union ban

A Surge Forward on Marriage Equality

ARKANSAS DEATH ROW INMATE SUES FOR RIGHT TO WORSHIP SATAN

The man sentenced to death here was represented by court-appointed lawyers who have represented scores of other indigent defendants. They were paid an absurdly small amount to defend him in the face of the ultimate punishment.

Donald Trump further roiled the waters of the Republican campaign when he called for repealing the amendment.

Pa. high court upholds killer's death sentence

Bennie Demps, 49, was put to death Wednesday at Florida State Prison near Starke for the fatal stabbing of a fellow prisoner.

The bill, known as the Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013, faces votes on a series of amendments, most prominently one proposed by Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Pat Toomey, R-Pa.

I am a $25-a-year, rank-and-file N.R.A. member, although there is a lot that is shrill and extreme about the group I do not admire.

"The United States," he said, "does not have a monopoly on crazy people."

The law is supposed to solve problems, not create them. Laws should provide for as much clarity as possible, not expand the realms of ambiguity and subjectivity. Laws ought to bring about the practical results their promoters claim they'll achieve. And at its best, the law can help us to live together more harmoniously.

White House plans 'all-out'assault on guns

Suit wants tobacco to fund quitting

The White House yesterday previewed three campaign ads -- a year before the general election contest is in full swing -- designed to show that President Clinton is tough on crime.

Fact of Life: Many Here Carry Guns

PHILIP MORRIS ADS, AIMED AT GETTING CHILDREN NOT TO SMOKE, DRAW FIRE

Many a person who had been supported by the NRA would not even do that."

who noted Coloradans rejected a similar proposal four years ago.

History checks for gun buyers begin Nov. 30

The pain that they have inflicted on the families and friends of their victims far outweighs any pain that the executed may feel.

Seven others were gunned down in South Jersey in the eight-week period. Even bucolic Burlington County had an attempted murder last week.

prompting even some leading death penalty supporters to question its benefits.

On Feb. 21, 1991, I traveled to the Spring Street state prison in Richmond to say goodbye to Joseph Giarratano,

``What I was able to do for them, I did,'' she said of her five children.

It was unclear Monday night how that information was passed on to other government agencies, including the White House, the official said.

South Carolina Congressman Pulls Out Gun at a Meeting With Voters

Several national evangelical Christian groups have labeled Sunday "Marriage Protection Sunday" and are urging pastors to discuss marriage and the amendment from the pulpit.

Behind the Cover Story: Jo Becker on Reporting the Fight for Marriage Equality

But for Fairouz, detaining someone without explaining why isn't "an ideal way to treat people."

Immigration Reform Growing at the Grassroots

This is merely the latest effort by the Trump White House to let the Customs and Border Protection (CPB), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and every other Department Homeland Security-affiliated agency do whatever they want when it comes to border control.

- were appointed by a Democratic governor. The majority-opinion writer, Justice Barry T. Albin, is a Democrat.

The solution: an instant-check system similar to one in operation in Virginia where a call to an 800 number makes available the criminal record of would-be gun owners.

Sellier said he plans to work with the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials and Georgia's two other Hispanic state lawmakers, state Reps. Pedro Marin (D-Duluth) and David Casas (R-Lilburn). But he said he will not necessarily agree with them on every issue.

they'd be scurrying to issue (death) warrants," said Kent Gipson, a Kansas City lawyer for Rodden.

would rather be executed than endure another trial or a life prison sentence.

Minnesotans' views on boosting gun control run the gamut

She oversees a team of 12 lawyers, who provide legal advice on humanitarian issues for people inside and outside the United States.

With three months to go before New Jersey's domestic-partnership law takes effect, the state is still working out the details of how same-sex couples will register.

BROTHER ACCEPTS KILLER'S SENTENCE

Last month, a lawsuit filed in federal court in New Jersey accused Wal-Mart of knowingly using companies that hired undocumented workers. The claims are based in part on records unsealed by a federal judge in Arkansas from a U.S. investigation of cleaning contractors hired by Wal-Mart. The retailer settled the probe in March by agreeing to pay $11 million and to improve oversight of its contractors.

The measure, which backers refer to as ''right to carry,'' would grant permit reciprocity across every state except Illinois, the District of Columbia and two territories, which all ban concealed weapons. States have varying standards in granting permits for carrying concealed weapons.

After yesterday's collapse, however, the construction workers and advocates for immigrants were raising questions about unsafe conditions at construction sites, especially in Williamsburg, which is undergoing a building boom to accommodate a growth spurt, driven in large part by Hasidic Jews, who typically have large families.

State legislators voted Wednesday

Murderer should face death, jury says

Grill steamed that bar still OKs smoking

California Legislature Passes Ban on Assault Weapons

That, and the fact that Kaine once handled a few cases for the American Civil Liberties Union,

MCVEIGH IS CONDEMNED TO DIE / THIS IS NOT A DAY OF JOY, SAYS PROSECUTOR

He was sentenced to die for the 1991 Putnam County shooting death of his estranged wife while their 15-year-old son watched.

Students were at the center of the March for Our Lives rally in Atlanta

Barr has asked the chairman of that panel, Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.), to investigate whether Laster acted on her own or whether this is part of a " department policy to lie to Congress."

Metro & Obituaries

PAROLEE DENIES MURDER, RAPE

Va. Inmate's Death Sentence Is Overturned

dwarfing the violent uses by criminals.

Gun Rights for Terrorists

"We've gone as far as we can to protect ourselves," said Burch, who works for a nonprofit hospice in Marlton. "But there's a lot more we'd like to do."

A standfor equality

The increases vary by industry and region but in many cases wages will rise by $3 or $4 an hour. The professional associations suing, which represent such groups as foresters, crawfish processors and hoteliers, claim the extra payroll costs will force them to hire fewer people and pass on added costs to customers.

THE 1.3-MILLION member United Church of Christ endorsed same-sex marriage this week, the first mainline Protestant denomination to do so.

Obama Endorses Same-Sex Marriage, Taking Stand On Charged Social Issue

The U.S. has every right to deport illegal aliens, of course

alleged killer of a San Francisco policeman

campaign contributions

Other gun control proposals poll well, but universal background checks has long been "incredibly popular," winning support from 80%-90% of respondents in a host of recent national polls, noted Margie Omero, a pollster who studies the issue.

"The fact that this problem is complex can no longer be an excuse for doing nothing," Obama said in his most detailed comments on guns since Friday's killing of 20 schoolchildren and six adults in Newtown, Conn. "The fact that we can't prevent every act of violence doesn't mean we can't steadily reduce the violence."

Former Raven says four NFL players may come out as gay

Tobacco Escapes Huge Penalty

The bill proposes to bar federal courts from ruling on the constitutionality of a 1996 congressional act declaring marriage the union of a man and a woman.

Convicted killer Stephen Douglas Hill was executed by lethal injection last night

Mr. Clinton will praise the efforts

CONGRESS CORRECT TO LET WEAPONS LAW SUNSET

Both chambers of the Legislature are controlled by Democrats. Gov. Linda Lingle, a Republican, has declined to comment on the bill, and it is unclear whether she would veto it.

A decision may be months away.

Of course Dole was playing politics, catering to the American Legion at whose convention in Indianapolis he was speaking last week.

In the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, which covers Texas, the law has been interpreted to mean a defendant must show that there is a "substantial need" for such services.

CONCEALED GUN PERMITS BIG IN BOCA, PALM BEACH

cost $ 200 million to develop after years of research.

Jurors see video of dying woman

Voters in 10 of 11 States Are Seen as Likely to Pass Bans of Same-Sex Marriages

Stick barns originated in the late 19th century in North Carolina's Old Belt, the region northwest of Raleigh, said Michael Southern, historian with the N.C. State Historic Preservation Office.

THE IMMIGRATION DEBATE Immigration amnesty backfired

Same-sex benefits proposed in Springs City has struggled with issue for years Same-sex benefits proposed in Springs City has struggled with issue for years

Lawyer Robin Shahar made front-page news in 1991 when she was fired by state Attorney General Michael Bowers after revealing plans to enter into a lesbian marriage.

"We just can't sit here and let this kind of carnage go on

Days after the Connecticut elementary school shootings,

Seeing gay nuptials bill via constituents' eyes

It seems to be part of prosecutorial machismo in many places, especially in the South. In East Baton Rouge, 75 miles away, the district attorney celebrates death sentences with office parties, replete with steak and Jim Beam.

it's open season for law enforcement on anyone who looks the part - meaning anyone who looks Hispanic.

after a handgun in his possession discharged accidentally in a New York nightclub early Saturday, wounding him in the thigh.

Clinton Tells Colorado Youths He'll Stand Fast on Gun Control

But as Judge Frank Easterbrook of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit explained in the Highland Park case, the Constitution not only guarantees rights, but also ''establishes a federal republic where local differences are cherished as elements of liberty, rather than eliminated in a search for national uniformity.''

Mr. Jones was the 38th inmate in the state to be put to death by lethal injection, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. Sixty men and one woman have been executed in the state since the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976.

GUN ADVOCATES DON'T KNOW WHEN TO STOP

He was condemned for killing a gas-station attendant near Waco in 1995.

Colorado Democrats Press Case on Guns

Nearly half of college students smoked cigarettes or used other tobacco products as recently as a year, a higher proportion than in the general population, a study has found.

It also calls to mind the endless loop of identical and repetitive days being played out across the country after each new mass shooting like the slaughter in Las Vegas on Oct. 1.