Big money arms the NRA
The failure of background checks legislation is no great mystery. The gun industry has Washington in its pocket
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 1:00 PM UTC 26Business
Alan Berlow
Business
Held hostage by NRA paranoia
Obama (finally) suggests it's time for stronger gun laws. Here's what we need -- and what he's up against
Monday, Dec 17, 2012 2:09 PM UTC 42Politics NRA
NRA’s phony gun control
Yes, the gun group has backed limited gun control in some states, even as it denounces similar measures nationwide
Wednesday, Jul 25, 2012 11:45 AM UTC 19Politics Gun Control, Wayne LaPierre, NRA
NRA’s doomsaying sham
Do NRA leaders, like CEO Wayne LaPierre, believe their own dire prophecies? Their political donations suggest not
Tuesday, Jul 24, 2012 11:45 AM UTC 163Politics NRA, Wayne LaPierre, Gun Control
NRA: A lobby for criminals
The NRA is a twisted, paranoid organization whose main achievement is to have made law enforcement harder
Monday, Jul 23, 2012 2:52 PM UTC 231Politics Gun Control, NRA, Wayne LaPierre
Ardor in the court, Part 3
A Texas court affirms the right of a judge and a prosecutor who slept together to condemn a man to death
Monday, Sep 21, 2009 10:19 AM UTC 116News Death Penalty, Texas
Ardor in the court, Part 2
Salon reported on an alleged affair between judge and prosecutor in a Texas murder trial. Now, days before Charles Hood's scheduled execution, his lawyers make the allegation in court papers.
Saturday, Jun 14, 2008 10:57 AM UTCNews Death Penalty, Texas
Who would Antonin Scalia torture?
Next week, when the Supreme Court hears a case challenging the use of lethal injections, we may learn more about the legal limits to state-sanctioned pain.
Wednesday, Jan 2, 2008 12:12 PM UTC 94All Salon George W. Bush, Supreme Court
The politics of injustice
The testimony of one bogus witness put Larry Fowlkes away on murder charges for 45 years. Will presidential hopeful Gov. Mark Warner set him free?
Friday, Dec 9, 2005 11:37 AM UTCNews
Ardor in the court
When the judge and prosecutor involved in a capital case are sleeping together, can the defendant possibly get a fair trial? Meet Charles Dean Hood, on Texas' death row.
Friday, Jun 24, 2005 2:45 PM UTCNews Death Penalty, Texas
Death knell for the death penalty?
Texas legislators -- yes, Texas -- are on the verge of approving a law that could result in a decline in executions nationwide.
Tuesday, May 10, 2005 7:31 PM UTCNews
Gonzales’ unbelievable argument
The attorney general nominee claims he and then Texas Gov. Bush held "rolling" discussions before executions were approved. He's almost certainly not telling the truth.
Friday, Jan 14, 2005 9:41 PM UTCNews
The facilitator
When Alberto Gonzales briefed George W. Bush on the cases of Texas death row inmates up for clemency, his memos were so shabby they seemed intended solely to make it easy for Bush to send prisoners to their deaths.
Thursday, Jan 6, 2005 9:25 PM UTCNews George W. Bush
A Supreme Court shocker
Sandra Day O'Connor's criticisms of the death penalty couldn't have come from a more unlikely source.
Wednesday, Jul 4, 2001 10:14 PM UTCNews
Janet Reno’s fatal decision
The attorney general must soon decide whether to try to save a possibly innocent man from the electric chair -- or leave the case for an incoming administration unlikely to do so.
Friday, Dec 22, 2000 8:00 PM UTCPolitics
Texas justice
What made timid honors student Christopher Ochoa confess to a rape and murder that he almost certainly did not commit?
Tuesday, Oct 31, 2000 9:30 PM UTCPolitics George W. Bush
Gov. Bush’s office ignored murder confession
Two and a half years later, the two men convicted of the crime still sit in prison.
Friday, Oct 13, 2000 11:02 AM UTCPolitics
Bush’s big lie
His "not me" excuse for the 145 executions in Texas on his watch relies on the kind of legal hairsplitting that would make the president proud.
Tuesday, Oct 3, 2000 6:30 PM UTCPolitics George W. Bush
Prescription politics
What's the difference between the Bush and Gore health plans?
Friday, Sep 8, 2000 7:00 PM UTCLife George W. Bush
Bitter pills
Pharmaceutical companies are apoplectic over Gore's prescription drug pricing proposal
Thursday, Aug 31, 2000 6:00 PM UTCLife Al Gore
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Alan Berlow is the author of "Dead Season: A Story of Murder and Revenge." His writing has appeared in the The New York Times Magazine, Atlantic Monthly and Harper's.
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