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Dallas County DA Makes Clear He's Not 'Soft on Crime'

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That's the title of James Ragland's latest column in the Saturday Dallas Morning News.  LINK Craig Watkins remains deeply conflicted about the death penalty. But as Dallas County's district attorney, he took an extraordinary step this week to make clear that he's not, as some of his critics have suggested, "soft on crime," a reputation no doubt enhanced by his devout push to overturn wrongful convictions. Mr. Watkins took the gloves off Wednesday, personally presenting closing arguments in the death-penalty case of Robert Sparks, convicted of fatally stabbing his wife and two young stepsons before raping two adolescent stepdaughters. "He's a poster child for the death penalty," Mr. Watkins pointed out...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on December 15, 2008 (boomark / email).