google.com - 3/19/2009
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6 hours ago SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) Gov. Bill Richardson, who has supported capital punishment, signed legislation to repeal New Mexico's death penalty, calling it the "most difficult decision in my political life." The new law replaces lethal injection with a sentence of life in prison without the ...
ft.com - 3/17/2009
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ft.com —
A long-simmering trade dispute boiled over into sanctions
on Monday after Mexico said it would raise tariffs...
on $2.4bn of US exports in retaliation for ending a pilot programme to allow Mexican trucks on American roads. The announcement marks one of ...
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FT.com / Americas - Mexico to impose sanctions on US exports
online.wsj.com - 3/19/2009
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online.wsj.com —
When the U.S. closed the southern border to
Mexican trucking last week -- in violation of the...
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Mexico promised to retaliate. Yesterday it did, releasing a list of 89 U.S. products that will face new tariffs of 10% ...
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Mexico Retaliates
reuters.com - 3/14/2009
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reuters.com —
PHOENIX (Reuters) - New Mexico state lawmakers voted
on Friday to repeal the death penalty and replace...
it with a sentence of life imprisonment without parole. The Democratic-controlled state Senate voted 24-18 for a bill to revoke the death penalty, a ...
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New Mexico lawmakers vote to repeal death penalty
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Feingold To Death Penalty: Drop Dead
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... Senator Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.) reintroduced legislation Thursday to abolish the death penalty at the federal level. The "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2009" comes just after New Mexico governor Bill Richardson's decision to ban capital punishment in his state. ...
Feingold To Death Penalty: Drop Dead
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Senator Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.) reintroduced legislation Thursday to abolish the death penalty at the federal level. The "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2009" comes just after New Mexico governor Bill Richardson's decision to ban capital punishment in his state. ...
Ending the Death Penalty
Balloon Juice —
Some good news from New Mexico:
Gov. Bill Richardson, who has supported capital punishment, signed legislation to repeal New Mexico’s death penalty, calling it the “most difficult decision in my political life.”
The new law replaces lethal injection with a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. The repeal takes effect on July 1, and applies only to crimes committed after that date.
“Regardless of my personal opinion about the death penalty, I do not have confidence in the criminal ...
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