"Paul Allen Ebert" was a director of the American College of Surgeons and athlete. He had been Chairman of the Departments of Surgery at both Cornell University Medical College and the UCSF Medical Center/University of California San Francisco Medical Center, as well as the President of the American College of Cardiology, the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, the Society of University Surgeons, and the Western Thoracic Surgical Association. Before earning his medical degree, he had been an All American in both baseball and basketball at the Ohio State University. He was born in Columbus, Ohio.

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I'm an advocate of the death penalty, I've had a number of capital cases. I have talked with the lieutenant governor about his position on that, he's assured me he'll follow the law, I know him to be a man of his word, and as a result of that I'm going to support him.

The death penalty is reserved for the worst of the worst, and we think Mr. Muhammad fell into that category.

How it could happen -- not that it happened that way.

Under the terrorism act, ... there is explicit exemption for the person who is the non-shooter if that person is aiding and abetting and ordering the triggerman to commit the crime.

I'm an advocate of the death penalty. I spoke with the lieutenant governor about his position. He's assured me he would follow the law.

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