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Vidal, Gore | January 8, 2001 issue

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Evidence is mounting that 2001 holds the best opportunity for a fundamental change in death-penalty politics since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated capital punishment in 1976. The death penalty has long isolated the United States among Western industrial nations, but U.S. president George W. Bush's elevation seems certain to escalate tensions. Protests about the plight of Mexican nationals on Texas's death row have recently driven a wedge between Washington and Mexico City. The year 2001 could be the one in which the U.S. calls a halt to its long love affair with capital punishment.

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CAPITAL punishment; CRIMINAL law; UNITED States. Supreme Court; BUSH, George W. (George Walker), 1946-; DEVELOPED countries; UNITED States
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