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Business of executing people even if a terrible crime placed them in prison. oregon has not had a death row execution since 1997. it's one of 15 statements that has not executed anyone in the last 5 years. other states include california, louisiana and. and and as of -- and utah. as of now at least 23 states do not authorize the death penalty. >> gradually, there has been this chipping away at the death penalty the as more people have come to recognize it many flaws, the risk of executing innocent people, the incredible amounts of money that are spent on death sentences that don't need to be s...

Celebration was added to the white house holiday schedule. the first menorah lighting in the executive residence was in december 2001 with george and laura bush. in 2007, the parents of slain reporter daniel pearl, a victim of terrorism, lit the menorah at the white house. the menorah had been in the pearl family for generations. >> the menorah we light tonight has special meaning. it once belonged to pearl, the great-grandfather of daniel pearl. daniel was kidnapped and murdered by terrorists. his only crime was being a jewish american. by honoring daniel, we are given the opportunity to brin...

In december 2001, ten months after the valentine's day killing of his wife susan, dr. john hamilton was being tried for her murder. a crowd lined up to attend the proceedings. loyal patients, former employees and fellow physicians, all standing behind the doctor. >> i have never, ever one second, not one moment in time, thought he was guilty, ever. >> wes lane, the prosecutor, was surprised to find he had an unpopular case on his hands. >> there were people that thought this guy was being sandbagged, railroaded, a very nice, innocent guy was facing a nightmare. >> i talked to everybody from th...

All the information she had. you weren't giving him what he needed, he want to meet with you. >> he never said that. >> he says he did. >> he never asked me to come down, ever. >> instead, ellen male the detective some paperwork that she had found in mike's desk. a western union money transfer from mike snider today simmons, and the amount of $200. a u-haul receipt was dave simmons's name and number, and a copy of mike's cell phone bill, from december 2001, right before he disappeared. it showed a number of phone calls to that same telephone number. you gave detective wilson all the documentat...

Political establishment does he really think he will make americans forget what he did? instead it has done the exact opposite at times us to remember that george w. bush let osama bin laden slip through his fingers december 2001 because he was too busy dialing up plans for the invasion of iraq. we remember bush took us to war on a lie and according to those around at the time he did it just to look tougher than his father the actual war hero. we remember the bushes war of vanity squandered the sympathy and unity of the civilized world of 9/11 the matter how many portraits he paints or speeche...