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George Jones Executed Today - 220th Person Executed Under Rick Perry

By "Persian Cowboy"

Updated at 7PM on June 2, 2010.Tuesday, June 2, Texas executed George Jones (TDCJ info). He had an 11th grade education. More than 80 percent of all people in Texas prisons are high school dropouts.Alba was the 459th person executed in Texas since 1982 and the 220th person since Rick Perry became governor. He was the 12th person executed in Texas in 2010. Use the Governor's email form to contact Perry to express your opposition to this execution. Or call Perry and leave a voice mail at 512 463 1782. If you live in Texas, call your state legislators and let them know that you support a moratorium on executions. Find out who your legislators are here. From the AP:Authorities linked George Jones to numerous crimes in the Dallas area, mostly carjackings, and Jones admits he dealt drugs around the city...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on June 04, 2010 (boomark / email).