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Political debates on death penalty focused on innocence, not cost

Several recent death-penalty related items merit Grits readers' attention:First, NPR's program Fresh Air yesterday aired a lengthy interview with Houston attorney David Dow, who has written a new, much-praised book titled Autobiography of an Execution, which has received wide critical praise.Then last night, the death penalty came up as a source of disagreement in the Democratic Governor's candidate debate, reports the Dallas News:The hourlong debate was calm, with few direct exchanges and plenty of agreement between the two candidates. But it laid bare a number of disagreements between the two that hadn't been seen before in a campaign that has seen most of the energy on the GOP side.White opposed placing a moratorium on executions and on natural-gas drilling in urban North Texas' shale belt, while Shami said justice and public health require both...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on February 09, 2010 (boomark / email).