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Texas Execution

By Steve Hall

Texas carried out its 17th execution of 2009, last night in Huntsville.  It was the state's 440th execution since 1982.  Texas has far and away the most active death chamber in America, accounting for more than 37% of the nation's post-Furman executions..  To date, there have been 38 executions in the nation this year; 1,174 since 1977.The Houston Chronicle reports, "Texas man executed for Houston drug dealer's slaying," by Allen Turner on the execution of Stephen Moody.He had directed his attorneys not to pursue an appeal to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. Last spring he petitioned his judge to set his execution date as soon as possible. Life on death row, he said, was ?cruel and unusual punishment...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on September 17, 2009 (boomark / email).