NYMHM: Central Coast pesticide fears; Death row exoneration

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NEWS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED * Vol. 7, No. 2

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  > Pesticide Fears Along California's Central Coast

    Activists claim that hundreds of people became sick after
    officials sprayed a type of pesticide along parts of
    California's Central Coast.

    In a pair of studies released last week, a group calling
    itself California Alliance to Stop the Spray says that 643
    residents of Monterey and Santa Cruz counties became ill
    last fall after state agriculture officials sprayed the
    area with a synthetic pheromone known as CheckMate LBAM-F.

    Symptoms listed include ...

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  > Free After 20 Years on Death Row

    A Scottish man who spent 20 years on Ohio's death row has
    been freed following a new plea.

    Kenny Richey was convicted and sentenced to death in 1987 for
    setting a fire that led to the death of 2-year-old Cynthia
    Collins.

    He has always claimed to be innocent, and his conviction was
    overturned in August.

    The case was often delayed by Richey's health problems. The
    43-year-old has suffered multiple heart attacks.

    On Monday, he was released after he ...

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