Archive - Oct 14, 2008

Republicans, including Presidential candidate John McCain, charge the community organizing group ACORN with fraudulent voter registration. Two former Republican Senators today asked Barack Obama to personally address the allegations. Katharine Jarmul has more from DC.

INTERVIEW

The Democratic Party has focused on increasing the number of registered voters this election.  Former Pacifica Correspondent Larry Bensky spoke with Donald Green is a professor of political science and director of the Institution for Social and Policy Studies at Yale University about the impact of their voter registration efforts.

• Supreme Court Denies Hearing Troy Davis's Death Penalty Case
• Treasury Department's Nationalization Plan
• GOP Voter Fraud Myth Debunked by Critics
• Maricopa County Series: The Battle for Wells Fargo
• One Pakistani Teen Suicide Bomber's Motivations

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• California Wildfires
• North Korea Lets Inspectors In
• Richard Cooey Put to Death
• Striking Teachers in Gaza May Lose Jobs
• Congolese Flee Violence
• Scholastic Education Presidential Poll – The Results Are In

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The Supreme Court has denied hearing Troy Davis's appeal this morning. In 1991, Davis was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of a police officer two years earlier – but he has always maintained his innocence. Seven of nine people who originally testified against Davis have recanted or changed their stories, saying they were coerced by police to take the stand against him; and three people have said that they can identify the actual killer. Davis's case has garnered the attention of groups like Amnesty International – but more surprisingly, from pro-death penalty Libertarian Presidential Candidate Bob Barr, who is demanding clemency for Troy Davis, because the case against him was neither fair nor accurate.

The Treasury Department unveils a plan to buy up to $250 billion worth of US banks and financial institutions. This partial nationalization of the banks is a drastic move not seen since the Great Depression. Also monumental, the US will place limits on executive compensation.  FSRN's Leigh Ann Caldwell reports.

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Republican candidate John McCain and other Republican leaders have charged that community organizing group ACORN has been involved in fraudulent voter registration. Two former Republican Senators today asked Senator Barack Obama to personally deal with the allegations, claiming that he has specific ties to the ACORN. Some experts disagree, saying the problems can and will be handled by each state's employees and that the allegations are a way to detract from Obama's recent surge in the polls. Katharine Jarmul has more from DC.

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