* Nobody quit and went home early.
* No necessary business had to be relegated to a special session at taxpayer expense.
* How to explain? It’s an election year. Apparently, it still matters.
* Among legislation signed into law: death penalty compromise that requires at least 10 of 12 jurors to agree on the recommendation of a death sentence. Only problem: Such a sentence should be unanimous, as it is in most states. It’s a sentence that ultimately is irrevocable–although quite obviously not infallible.