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Executions in Georgia and Texas this week

By Douglas A. Berman

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While another western state is getting closer to death penalty repeal this week (basics here), two active capital punishment state have their execution chambers active.  Specifically, as detailed in this AP article, Georgia executed a murderer last night, and Texas is scheduled to execute a murderer tonight.  As detailed in this Dallas Morning News article, tonight's scheduled execution in Texas moves the state's Governor closer to a capital punishment milestone: Thursday evening, capital punishment opponents from Amnesty International USA and the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty planned what they said would be a 200-minute vigil outside the criminal courthouse in Houston to mark what soon will be the 200th execution of Gov. Rick Perry's tenure...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on April 30, 2009 (boomark / email).

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