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Tag: Alberto Gonzales

Update: Kenneth Foster is spared

Kenneth Foster, whose death-penalty case I wrote about for The Guardian last week, has been spared by Texas Gov. Rick Perry. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports.

Author Dan KennedyPosted on August 31, 2007Categories UncategorizedTags Alberto Gonzales, death penalty, Guardian

One for the books

It takes a special way of thinking to work Chappaquiddick into the resignation of Alberto Gonzales. Amazing.

Author Dan KennedyPosted on August 28, 2007Categories UncategorizedTags Alberto Gonzales26 Comments on One for the books

Alberto Gonzales, angel of death

My latest for The Guardian is up. It’s on the new death-penalty powers that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is about to receive, and why his record in Texas shows that he’s particularly unsuited to wield such powers.

Author Dan KennedyPosted on August 23, 2007Categories UncategorizedTags Alberto Gonzales, death penalty, Guardian2 Comments on Alberto Gonzales, angel of death

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