Huff Po: "Senator Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.)
reintroduced legislation Thursday to abolish the death penalty at the federal level. The "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2009" comes just after New Mexico governor
Bill Richardson's decision to ban capital punishment in his state."
Historical Archives Lead to Arrest of Police Officers in Guatemalan Disappearance: "Following a stunning breakthrough in a 25-year-old case of political terror in Guatemala, the National Security Archive today is posting declassified U.S. documents about the disappearance of Edgar Fernando García, a student leader and trade union activist captured by Guatemalan security forces in 1984.The documents show that García’s capture was an organized political abduction orchestrated at the highest levels of the Guatemalan government."
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