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Texas Execution

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Texas executed Leon Dorsey last night in Huntsville.  The Huntsville Item reports, "Dorsey executed for 1994 Blockbuster murders."  It was the seventh execution in Texas in 2008; the state's 412th execution since 1982. It was the 19th execution of 2008 in America; the 1,118th execution since 1977.  Texas has far and away the busiest death chamber in the nation, having carried out more than 36% of all the executions in the country since 1977. According to TDCJ, 12 more executions are scheduled in the state this year.  Michael Rodriguez is scheduled to be executed Thursday.  Time carries the earlier AP report, "Texas 7 Member Asks for Execution."

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on August 13, 2008 (boomark / email).