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"Wright: Threet pursues execution inconsistently," is the article from Sunday's Arkansas Democrat Gazette.Betsey Wright believes Washington County Prosecuting Attorney John Threet is inconsistent in pursuing the death sentence, including the one handed down Friday for Zachariah Scott Marcyniuk. Marcyniuk, who was sentenced by Circuit Judge William Storey, became the 40th person on Arkansas' death row and the second person from Washington County to go to death row this year. Wright, a death penalty opponent who spent nine years as former Gov. Bill Clinton's chief of staff, said Threet is erratic in his use of the death penalty. "I'm confused by the prosecuting attorney's lack of standards and equity," said Wright, who lives in Rogers...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on December 16, 2008 (boomark / email).