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Texas is scheduled to carry out its 13th execution this year.  It would be the 418th Texas execution since 1982.AP has this report on the case of Eric Nenno, via the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.In the unsuccessful clemency petition, Nenno's lawyers described him as "a good man who committed a terrible crime.""He had never done anything remotely like this before that day," attorney Richard Burr wrote. "Since that day, he has faced up to what he did and has, in every way within his control, lived a good life. ... Mr. Nenno knows that he can never put right the wrong he is responsible for."If Woods is executed it would be the fourth in Texas this month.  The state has seven more executions scheduled this year...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on October 28, 2008 (boomark / email).