Death Penalty Texas

Test the DNA

Diann Rust-Tierney | Posted 01.02.2012

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Diann Rust-Tierney

Hank Skinner has an execution date set for November 9, 2011. But he has cases pending in federal and state courts to compel the State of Texas to conduct DNA tests on all of the untested evidence in his case.

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White House Warns Texas: Execution Of Killer Would Violate International Law

AP | MICHAEL GRACZYK | Posted 09.06.2011

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HUNTSVILLE, Texas — Texas executed a Mexican citizen Thursday for the rape-slaying of a teenager after he and the White House pleaded in vain fo...

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Texas, the Death Penalty, and the Will of God

Matt Idom | Posted 05.25.2011

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Matt Idom

I do not believe that capital punishment belongs in our world. The arguments of "crime determent" and "continuing threat to society" are masked justifications for a human response to justice, not a divine one.

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