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Forum for Travis County DA Candidates

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The Austin American-Statesman has, "4 Travis candidates lay out their views on death penalty."Three of the four candidates for Travis County district attorney told a packed room of potential voters in East Austin on Monday that, if elected, they would continue to seek the death penalty for the worst killers. Outgoing District Attorney Ronnie Earle's assistants Gary Cobb and Rosemary Lehmberg, who are hoping to replace him, said that some people's crimes are so heinous that the public's safety is served by seeking their execution. Candidate Mindy Montford, another Earle assistant, said that because the death penalty is on the books in Texas, she must consider it if elected. Candidate Rick Reed, who resigned from Earle's office last week, said he would not seek the death penalty under any circumstances...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 05, 2008 (boomark / email).