By means of a poignant essay on capital punishment in America, former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has just now added his “outside voice” to the evolving debate over the wisdom and utility of the death penalty. No longer constrained by ethics or etiquette to avoid speaking his mind, no longer beholden to precedent [...]
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski is out with a new ad, featuring footage of the late Ted Stevens endorsing her candidacy. The former Alaska senator died two months ago in a plane crash. Soon after, Murkowski lost her GOP primary bid for re-election to Tea Party favorite Joe Miller. The ad, first reported by Shira Toeplitz, [...]
Nicholas A. Marsh, part of a Justice Department team of lawyers under scrutiny for possible misconduct in the botched prosecution of the late Sen. Ted Stevens, is dead by his own hand. Marsh, 37, killed himself sometime over the weekend, the law firm representing him confirmed to the Washington Post. No details were provided. Questions [...]
Former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, who died in a plane crash last week, will lie in repose Tuesday in Anchorage for a public viewing ahead of his funeral Wednesday. Alaskans will be able to pay their respects to the longtime senator at All Saints’ Episcopal Church from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. (2 p.m. to [...]
The U.S. Senate gavelled into business Thursday for a rare August session to conduct two pieces of business. The first was to pass a bill to spend an additional $600 million on border security on America’s southern border. The second was to honor the late Sen. Ted Stevens, who died Monday night in a plane [...]
Sarah Palin, speaking about the plane crash in which former Sen. Ted Stevens was killed, called Stevens “an Alaskan hero.” Speaking on Fox News Channel while Stevens’ fate was not yet known — there has been no official word about his condition — Palin added: “The rescue efforts are extremely challenging, very, very difficult. You [...]
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