[re_nortex]

Please correct me if I'm wrong but, to the best of my knowledge, Governor Rick Perry has never issued a stay of execution. If so, my respect for him increases.

And that article I posted to begin the thread also notes:

"I think our process works just fine," Perry said last year ... "You may not agree with them, but we believe in our form of justice. ... We think it is clearly appropriate."

So do most Texans.

A 2012 poll from the Texas Tribune and the University of Texas showed only 21 percent opposed capital punishment.

[JRandomFreeper]

He CAN'T issue a stay. There is a board that decides that, and he can either sign it or not. Texas has a very weak governor, by design.

/johnny

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

A 2012 poll from the Texas Tribune and the University of Texas showed only 21 percent opposed capital punishment.

I was in Canada around 1998, when Texas was fixin' to execute one of Her Majesty's frozen subjects for murders he had committed while in the Lone Star State. The establishment press was shockedandappalled. But callers in to talk shows were strangely at peace with Texas' decision, and for the most part, supportive.