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Texas and the Death Penalty

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That's the title of an article in the Wall Street Journal written by San Antonio Express-News editorial board member Jonathan Gurwitz. He talks with Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz about two death penalty cases under consideration by the Supreme Court.  LINKLast week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Baze v. Rees, a case that has effectively imposed a national moratorium on the death penalty since September. States are delaying executions until the high court rules. To get a sense of what's at stake as the high court considers the future of capital punishment, I spoke with Texas Solicitor General R. Ted Cruz, the state's top lawyer. Mr. Cruz is a rising star among conservative jurists. He's a protégé of former U.S. Chief Justice William Rehnquist, for whom he clerked and, by the nature of his job, a leading defender of the death penalty in Texas...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 19, 2008 (boomark / email).