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Well, however one feels about Dubya, one has to think: he hasn't been gov. of TX for 2 years, so the record-setting pace can't quite be blamed on him. Note the article doesn't even mention Dubya. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Texas on Pace to Set Record in Executions March 9, 2003 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LIVINGSTON, Tex., March 8 (AP) - Delma Banks, a convicted killer, could become a historical footnote Wednesday night when he is scheduled to die by injection. Mr. Banks is in line to become the 300th Texas prisoner executed since the state resumed capital punishment in 1982. "That would be a nice round number," said Michael Dewayne Johnson, who was scheduled to be No. 300 until he and another inmate received temporary reprieves last month. Texas executed 9 men in January and February and is on pace to break its 2000 record of 40 executions. "They're killing people every day almost, every week," said Mr. Johnson, who was convicted of the fatal shooting of a gas station attendant in 1995. "It's not shocking any more. Most people don't even know unless they're involved. There's just a vague mention of it in the paper." The Texas total is more than one-third of all the executions in the nation since 1976, when the death penalty resumed under a ruling by the United States Supreme Court. The pace in Texas has accelerated in recent years. Almost 13 years passed between Charlie Brooks, execution No. 1, and Harold Lane, No. 100, in 1995. It took more than four years for Texas to get to No. 200, Earl Heiselbetz, in January 2000. Now it will take slightly more than three years to reach the 300th execution. The pace is fueled mostly by changes in appeals procedures since the mid-1990's that have imposed stricter deadlines and allow appeals to be considered simultaneously in state and federal courts. Texas juries continue to show little reluctance to impose the death penalty. Eight men were sent to death row in January and February. A bill pending in the Texas Legislature would let juries impose life without parole. Juries now choose between execution and a life sentence, but someone sentenced to life can be eligible for parole after 40 years. Another bill would put a moratorium on the death penalty and order a study of the whole issue. Gov. Rick Perry opposes the bill. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/09/national/09TEXA.html?ex=1048211394&ei=1&en=f361f7beb5f651f5 HOW TO ADVERTISE --------------------------------- For information on advertising in e-mail newsletters or other creative advertising opportunities with The New York Times on the Web, please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit our online media kit at http://www.nytimes.com/adinfo For general information about NYTimes.com, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Copyright 2002 The New York Times Company <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http://archive.jab.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http://archive.jab.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
