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A Profile of AP's Michael Graczyk

By Steve Hall

CNN today has, "Texas reporter's seen unrivaled number of U.S. executions," reported by Dave Alsup.It takes seven minutes to execute a death row inmate, according to the state of Texas. At that rate, Mike Graczyk has spent about 40 hours of his life watching men -- and a few women -- die. Graczyk, a correspondent for The Associated Press, is believed to hold a macabre record. He's almost certainly watched more executions than anyone else in the United States. "I can't possibly imagine there's been someone present at more than Mike," said Michelle Lyons, the spokeswoman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, which uses lethal injection at its execution chamber in Huntsville. Since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976, no state has executed more inmates than Texas...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 20, 2009 (boomark / email).