1.   Barber received a reprieve one hour before his planned December execution after his lawyers challenged clemency procedures.

2.   Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and other justices appeared more willing to allow states wide latitude with their clemency procedures.

3.   In addition, the president expressed concern about the absence of federal clemency procedures.

4.   Quinn did not file the pardon application with the Justice Department but directly with the White House, contrary to normal clemency procedures.

5.   The delay would allow the Justice Department to finalize clemency procedures for federal Death Row inmates.

6.   The decision by the Supreme Court also leaves standing orders by Sparks, the federal judge, to conduct evidentiary hearings on the clemency procedures in Texas.

7.   Campaigning in Pennsylvania Friday, Vice President Al Gore, who like Clinton supports the death penalty, said he supported efforts to put clemency procedures in place.

8.   It would also mandate that law enforcement agencies be notified when a clemency procedure was initiated and would seek their input as well.

9.   Those claims can be dealt with adequately through new presidential clemency procedures, Reno and Holder said.

10.   The council also approved the involvement of mosques in the drive to acquaint the population with clemency procedures.