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Perry: No Moratorium or Commission Needed

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Perry spoke to Christy Hoppe and Robert Garrett of the Dallas Morning News reported in a wideranging interview, "Rick Perry: Legislature unlikely to designate new upper-echelon university in Texas."Perry also said he has faith in the state's criminal justice system even though DNA testing in Dallas County cases has led to the exoneration of 19 people. This week, the 10th condemned Texas inmate was freed from death row.He said no conviction commissions or death penalty moratoriums are needed. "By and large, we have a system that is fair, that works well, that is open to correcting errors that are made," Perry said.

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 15, 2009 (boomark / email).