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Texas Increasingly Out of Step on Death Penalty

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That's the title of David Fathi's OpEd in the Sunday edition of the Houston Chronicle.  Fathi is director of U.S. programs of Human Rights Watch.  LINKBarring unexpected events, in the next few weeks Gov. Rick Perry of Texas will oversee his 200th execution since taking office in 2000. Perry has already allowed more executions than any other U.S. governor in modern history, far exceeding the 152 while George W. Bush was governor and the 50 overseen by Bush?s immediate predecessor, Ann Richards. The United States is a global pariah for its continued embrace of the death penalty. In 2008 it was the world?s fourth-leading executioner, surpassed only by China, Iran and Saudi Arabia. Since executions resumed in 1977, after a hiatus of several years, more than 1,161 U...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 26, 2009 (boomark / email).