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Sean Mattson of the San Antonio Express-News reported, "Some lawmakers want to bring back death penalty," in the Sunday edition.In another sign this country is fed up with kidnappings, police corruption and narco-gang killing sprees, some lawmakers have proposed reinstating the death penalty just three years after legislators took it off the books. Mexico's Green Party, or PVEM, drafted legislation allowing execution for kidnappers who are or were police officers and who kill or mutilate victims. The proposal, which the PVEM trumpets in television advertisements, followed a high-profile kidnapping and killing of the 14-year-old son of a prominent businessman, a crime prosecutors say was partially masterminded by a high-ranking federal cop...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on September 29, 2008 (boomark / email).