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in Iowa on Thursday. He has
rarely granted clemency in
capital-punishment cases,
overseeing more than 230
executions since he took office
in December 2000. At a
debate last week among the
Republican presidential candidates
in California, Mr.
Perry was asked if he had
lost sleep over his record of
executions, and he replied,
“No, sir, I’ve never struggled
with that at all.”
Officials with the state prison
agency, the Department of
Criminal Justice, were informed
at 7:40 p.m. Thursday
that the Supreme Court
had granted a stay of execution.
Mr. Buck had already
eaten his last meal of fried
chicken, fried fish, salad,
jalapeno peppers, apples and
an iced tea. Under state law,
executions can be carried out
in a six-hour window from 6
p.m. to midnight. One of Mr.
Buck’s lawyers, Kate Black,
with the Texas Defender
Service, called him to tell
him the news.
Jason Clark, a spokesman for
the prison agency, said of
Mr. Buck: “He was praying
when I walked over. He
stopped praying and said,
‘Praise the Lord Jesus.’ ”
Venezuela: Victory for a Dissident
JUSTIÇA NO EXTERIOR •
THE NEW YORK TIMES (US) • INTERNATIONAL • 16/9/2011
By SIMON ROMERO
The Inter-American Court on
human rights ruled on Friday
that Venezuela must allow
Leopoldo López, a prominent
opposition leader, to
run for public office. The
decision could shake up a
presidential election scheduled
for October 2012, opening
the way for a strong
opponent to run against President
Hugo Chávez. Mr.
López, a former mayor of
Chacao, a municipality in
Caracas, was disqualified by
Mr. Chávez’s government
from running because of legal
claims against him from
his time as mayor. Mr. López
argued that the disqualification,
a method used by Venezuela’s
government against
other opposition figures, a-
mounted to political discrimination.
In a statement, the
Foreign Ministry called the
ruling “politically partial.”
Venezuela is believed to be
required to respect the decision
by the court, a judicial
entity of the Organization of
American States.
JUSTIÇA NO EXTERIOR •
THE NEW YORK TIMES (US) • THE FRONT PAGE • 16/9/2011
On Day Devoted to Constitution, a Fight Over It
By KATE ZERNIKE
In the 100 years since Constitution
Day was first established,
most Americans
have lumped it with holidays
like Grandparents’ Day and
Administrative Assistants’
day — a noble cause, lightly
observed.
But this year, with the Tea
Party making the Constitution
sexy again, the holiday
(which, for those rusty on
their civics, falls on Saturday)
has become occasion for
battle.
Tea Party groups, armed with
lesson plans and coloring
books, are pushing schools to
use the day to teach a conservative
interpretation of the
Constitution, where the federal
government is a creeping
and unwelcome presence
in the lives of freedomloving
Americans.
Progressive groups, accusing
the Tea Party of selectively
reading the founding docu-
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