Abandoning a long-held position, Dianne Feinstein says she now opposes the death penalty
(LA Times Horse Racing)

Sen. Dianne Feinstein says she now opposes the death penalty, a surprising reversal from her long-standing support for capital punishment - a stance that helped catapault her to the U.S. Senate 25 years ago. `Several years ago I changed my view of the death penalty. It became crystal clear to me...