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The Economist: America's most vengeful prosecutor - You've got mail

By "Persian Cowboy"

Here is a recent article by the Economist Magazine about former Harris County DA Chuck Rosenthal.The death penalty's favourite district attorney resigns The biter bit HARRIS COUNTY, which encompasses Houston, is the most populous in Texas. Its district attorney is among the most powerful prosecutors in America. During seven years on the job, Chuck Rosenthal earned a ferocious reputation. His office prosecuted hundreds of thousands of cases and asked for the death penalty more often than did any other county in America. But for such a moralist, Mr Rosenthal had big personal lapses. On February 15th he resigned after weeks of controversy concerning e-mails that included love notes to his secretary and racist jokes. Mr Rosenthal stepped down hours after a rival filed a lawsuit that would have forced him out...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on February 22, 2008 (boomark / email).