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By Steve Hall

"Questions raised on death penalty," is the title of Jan Jarboe Russell's latest column in the San Antonio Express-News. Despite the wishes of the family of the murdered Viola Barrios, as much a saint in San Antonio as a restaurateur, District Attorney Susan Reed sought ? and failed to receive ? the death penalty for Joe Estrada, who on April 24, 2008, shot Barrios in the head with an arrow while burglarizing her home.So it's no surprise that political operatives from both Reed's camp as well as that of her opponent, Nico LaHood, have pressured Louis Barrios, Viola's son, for support.Barrios is keeping his opinion to himself.?I don't want to politicize my mother's death,? said Barrios when I caught up with him last week...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on October 18, 2010 (boomark / email).