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Bob Ray Sanders

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"Texas Legislature should pass two death-penalty related bills," is the title of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram writer's latest column.During each session of the Texas Legislature, the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence receives a slew of very significant bills and must decide which should go to legislators for a vote. As with any strong committee in the Legislature, this one has the power of life and death over any bill it considers. Speaking of life and death, a couple of bills have been introduced this session that do not deserve to die. I?d like to see both bills enacted before I depart this earth, although in the case of one I am not holding my breath.State Rep. Jessica Farrar, a Democrat from Houston serving her eighth term, introduced a bill that would do away with capital punishment in Texas...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 11, 2009 (boomark / email).