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Today's lead stories:
Texas Grants Stay of Execution
Senate Voted to Ban Third Trimester Abortions
Salvadorans Protest Privization
Police Violence in Jamaica
Broadcasters Meet about Media Ownership
Texas Grants Stay of Execution
Minutes before he was scheduled to be executed last night,
the United States Supreme Court issued its latest decision
to grant Texas Death Row prisoner Delma Banks a stay of execution.
Last month, another Texas death row inmate, Thomas Miller
El was granted a hearing to present evidence of racial bias
in his jury selection. The nation's highest court told Delma
Banks that it will hold a formal conference to decide if they
will hear Banks' petition based on similar claims. KPFT's
Renee Feltz was in Huntsville, Texas where the state's busy
execution chamber went unused Wednesday night. She files this
report.
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Senate Voted to Ban Third Trimester Abortions
The Republican-controlled US Senate has voted to ban third
trimester abortions, even if it threatens the health of the
mother. Third trimester abortions are dubbed by anti-choice
lobbyists as Partial Birth abortions. President Bush is likely
to sign the bill. Reproductive rights groups say it's unconstitutional
and vow to take the case to the Supreme Court. Also today
the Senate Judiciary Committee considered the re-nominations
of Miguel Estrada and Priscilla Owen for two of the nation's
highest judgeships. Josh Chaffin reports from Capitol Hill.
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Salvadorans Protest Privization
Thousands of Salvadorans took to the streets today in a
march protesting the privatization of state run services.
A group of doctors and hospital workers have been striking
for the past 6 months demanding that the government desist
from what workers say are plans to privatize the social security
health system. The strike and protest are the most recent
example of a region-wide backlash against the sale to private
companies of state-owned and operated services. Catherine
Elton has this report from San Salvador.
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Police Violence in Jamaica
Two Amnesty officials are in Jamaica where today they are
releasing a damning report about the Jamaican justice system
and police brutality. After meeting with the Jamaican government
yesterday, the government accused the human rights group of
trying to damage Jamaica's reputation and injure its economic
prospects. And as FSRN correspondent Patrick Scudder reports
from Kingston, with 31 police killings so far this year, Jamaicans
are calling for a serious investigation into police brutality.
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Broadcasters Meet about Media Ownership
A recent Pew Research Center report reveals that 75 percent
of the American public knows nothing about the media deregulation
issues going on at the FCC. But according to many who oppose
further media consolidation, this is one of the most critical
issues facing Americans, and it could have a sweeping impact
on the meaning of US democracy. Two commissioners from the
FCC held a rare public field hearing in Seattle, Washington
to gather more public input the future of media. From Seattle,
Catherine Komp has more.
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