[Rocketfan]

DALLAS (Reuters) - Texas will almost certainly hit the grim total of 400 executions this month, far ahead of any other state, testament to the influence of the state's conservative evangelical Christians and its cultural mix of Old South and Wild West.

"In Texas you have all the elements lined up. Public support, a governor that supports it and supportive courts," said Richard Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center.

"If any of those things are hesitant then the process slows down," said Dieter. "With all cylinders working as in Texas it produces a lot of executions."

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[Sly Fox]

Yet another reason to take pride in being a Texan ... not that I consider myself one.

[kel varson]

Quote:
"Over 41 percent of the inmates currently on death row in Texas are black, but they account for only about 12 percent of the state's population."

Clearly a racist state.

[LUconn]

sarcasm?

[kel varson]

sarcasm?

[LUconn]

That deserves another

[kel varson]

That deserves another

[LUconn]

were you being sarcastic!? That's all I want to know!

[RagingTireFire]

Texas will almost certainly hit the grim total of 400 executions this month, far ahead of any other state, testament to the influence of the state's conservative evangelical Christians and its cultural mix of Old South and Wild West.

And here I thought that those people were being executed because they had been convicted under the law of committing a capital offense. I see now that it's entirely the fault of Christians and hillbillies. And, so, I promise to let a momentary tear slide from my backwoods book-burnin' witch-huntin' eye (the left one) the next time some poor drug murderer has to ride Ol' Sparky.

For what it's worth, this article doesn't seem biased at all.

[Fumblerooskies]

If you do the crime...you do the time. It don't matter whether you are black, white, or green.

[LUconn]

what if you're black, white and green. And a celeb.

[RagingTireFire]

what if you're black, white and green. And a celeb.

You mean this guy?



Execution may not be a solution here.

[Sly Fox]

Nice Beetlejuice reset.

Down here in Texas, we don't mess around int he court system. Hollywood types are always coming to Austin to battle the death penalty and no one pays any attention to them.

[kel varson]

[Fumblerooskies]

[LUconn]

look at those guys in the hoods

[Sly Fox]

Its like the roach motel in Huntsville ...