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Lufkin Daily News Editorial

By Steve Hall

"Texas sees its death sentences, executions drop, for good reason," is the title of the editorial in today's Lufkin Daily News. Texas juries this year have sentenced eight convicted killers to death, according to a Houston Chronicle story. That?s the lowest number since 1976, when the Supreme Court reinstated capital punishment. Likewise, Texas executed just 17 people this year, its lowest total since 2001. Except in cases where justice isn?t being served ? and there are several, including some in Deep East Texas ? we view those falling figures as a good thing. We do believe the ultimate punishment is an appropriate sentence for some heinous offenders, and that it shouldn?t take decades to carry out that sentence for those who deserve it...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on December 16, 2010 (boomark / email).