| Letters to the editor: Dec. 22
We are proud that New Mexico has been at the forefront of repeal efforts, and we congratulate New Jersey legislators and Gov. Corzine for making this sound public policy decision. In New Jersey, a special commission was appointed to thoroughly study the pros and cons of the death penalty - and to recommend measures that could fix the state's death-penalty statutes. The study found there was no fix for the death penalty. In the words of one state senator, who voted to reinstate the death penalty in New Jersey in 1982, it is a "false and ineffective choice for taxpayers and residents who have lost loved ones. It has for too long been sustained by mythology and fiction, propped up by outdated rhetoric when courage and common sense would have served us better." The New Jersey commission ultimately recommended repeal of the death penalty, because it squanders millions of tax dollars, does not deter crime, delays healing for the loved ones of murder victims and, despite many safeguards, carries no guarantee against our worst nightmare - the execution of an innocent person.
Corrections and clarifications
A list in the Sports section Thursday of the National Football League's AFC and NFC statistical leaders was based on games played through Dec. 17, not through last weekend. Corrected statistics appear today. 12/25/07 A review of the movie "The Great Debaters" in Tuesday's Cue section incorrectly says that teen actor Denzel Whitaker is the real-life son of actor Forest Whitaker. 12/20/07 Because of incorrect information provided by a Milwaukee County Zoo spokeswoman, an article Tuesday incorrectly stated that zoo official Bruce Beehler led a research expedition in Indonesia on which a giant rat and a tiny opossum were identified. A different Bruce Beehler led the expedition. 12/19/07 A panel of three pictures that accompanied an article Tuesday about recalled toys and their effect on charity gift drives incorrectly included pictures of two toys that have not been subject to Consumer Product Safety Commission recalls.
Lowell E. Baier of Potomac, Md., Honored as 2008 Budweiser ...
(CSRwire) ST. LOUIS, Feb. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lowell E. Baier from Potomac, Md., an avid outdoorsman, was named the 2008 Budweiser Conservationist of the Year at the annual Budweiser Outdoors press conference held in Las Vegas on Saturday, Feb. 2, during the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show. Baier was selected in the annual program that recognizes individuals who have made exceptional contributions to the outdoors and conservation. Each year, a committee selects four conservationists, 21 or older, as finalists from dozens of outstanding nominees, and Budweiser consumers from across the country vote for the Conservationist of the Year in an open-ballot process on Budweiser.com. A $50,000 grant from Budweiser and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) will be made to Baier to support conservation efforts.
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