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Published: 09/4/10

Death Row Reprieve: Does Ohio Also Owe Kevin Keith a New Trial?

By  Andrew Cohen - Politics Daily
Death Row Reprieve: Does Ohio Also Owe Kevin Keith a New Trial?

Convicted murderer Kevin Keith could look at the week's dramatic developments in his life in one of two ways. He could consider himself very lucky that Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland commuted his capital sentence to life in prison without parole. Or he could consider himself still accursed that he'll likely remain in prison anyway for the rest of his natural days despite his claim that he did not murder two adults and a four-year-old child -- family members of an alleged police drug informant -- in 1994. How do you see the glass, Mr. Keith, now that the very government that incarcerates you has ...

Published: 07/24/09

Bush and Cheney's Relationship Was Strained at End of Term

By  Emily Miller - Politics Daily
Bush and Cheney's Relationship Was Strained at End of Term

After eight years working together as possibly the closest president and vice president in U.S. history, George W. Bush and Dick Cheney left the White House in January barely on speaking terms over Bush's decision not to pardon Lewis "Scooter" Libby. According to a fascinating article in Time magazine piecing together the final days of the administration, the vice president pushed so hard against an unwilling Bush to pardon former Cheney staffer Libby that their relationship was strained to the breaking point. ...

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