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Richard Cohen on Texas & the Death Penalty

By Steve Hall

The Washington Post columnist writes, "Texas posts strong showing in death-penalty tourney," at the Post Partisan blog.  Here's an extended excerpt:Texas didn?t quite make the Final Four this year. It was edged out by China, Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia, which, as luck would have it, all executed more people in 2009 than the Lone Star State. Still, Texas accounted for nearly half of America?s executions, which is not nothing and which, given the pluck and determination of its political leaders, can be bettered. China, alas, shows no signs of softening.Of course, Texas is handicapped by a cumbersome judicial system ? all those appeals, all those misguided lawyers ? whereas in China, it?s much quicker. Sometimes the trial is skipped entirely...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on April 02, 2010 (boomark / email).