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Texas Execution

By Steve Hall

Texas is scheduled to carry out its 12th execution of the year, tonight in Huntsville.  It would be the state's 459th execution since 1982.  Texas has far and away the most active death chamber in America, accounting for more than 37% of the nation's post-Furman executions.  To date, there have been 24 executions in the nation in 2010, and 1,212 executions since 1977. The AP reports, "About to be executed for 1993 slaying, man sticks to story," via the Dallas Morning News.Authorities linked George Jones to numerous crimes in the Dallas area, mostly carjackings, and Jones admits he dealt drugs around the city. But the 36-year-old Dallas man says he "accidentally" shot Forest Hall once in self-defense and isn't responsible for the fatal shooting and carjacking that put Jones on death row...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 02, 2010 (boomark / email).