The administration's fatal mistake was its failure to understand that these things could be achieved by appropriate modifications of the law.
Mr. Chirac nonetheless asked for two modifications to the law: that the trial period be reduced to one year from two and that people fired under the law be told the reason.
For example, simple modifications to the law of secured lending in Iraq would enable banks to take reliable security interests in a company's collateral — something that is virtually impossible to do today.
Proposition 36, which made major modifications to the law, including abolishing life sentences for nonviolent offenders, has led to the release of more than 1,000 inmates in the past nine months.
Although the congress approved about 300 modifications to the law, which could include the buying and selling of homes, a practice banned since the revolution, and the eventual elimination or reduction of state subsidies like ration books for basic necessities, details were not disclosed.
In a preview to the new ad, Terry held a press conference last week linking Ashford to the murders, arguing that the Democrat had opposed modifications to the law.
In recent days, some members of the legislature have discussed modifications of the law to provide greater popular control of the specific measures used to implement it and providing some checks on the power of the Air Resources Board.
A senior administration official said Monday that Obama would seek modifications to the law that sent billions in bailout money in 2008 and 2009 to a flailing Wall Street that was approaching collapse.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif). said last week that modifications to the law on unaccompanied minors were not a "deal-breaker," but that any changes must ensure due process.
He may, however, recommend a particular interpretation of, or a particular modification of, the law.
