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Breaking news, Part II

By National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty

So it looks like our friend Steve Hall is having a busy day down in Texas. Now we get news that Chuck Rosenthal -- who has been the leading district attorney in the U.S. in terms of seeking and getting the death penalty -- has resigned from office.Tut-tut.We'll let this Houston Chronicle story speak for itself.Rosenthal resigns as district attorney amid e-mail scandalBy PEGGY O'HARECopyright 2008 Houston ChronicleChuck Rosenthal resigned as district attorney today amid an e-mail scandal that recently forced him to abandon his re-election campaign and a lawsuit filed today that sought his removal from office.Bill Delmore, chief of the D.A.'s legal services bureau, which oversees the general counsel's office, confirmed that Rosenthal issued a press release in which he says he contacted the Governor's office to tender his resignation...continue to full post

Full post as published by Abolish the Death Penalty on February 15, 2008 (boomark / email).