[goldstategop]

"Grim" only to the MSM. For the rest of us the problem is the backlog of Death Row convicts NOT being executed. We'd have fewer murders if murderers were executed as rapidly as circumstances warranted.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie.Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[Tarkin]

True, for example as of July 1st 2005, PR of California had 648 people on death row (and only 11 executions since 1976), Pennsylvania had 233 people (and only 3 executions), and Tennessee had 108 people (and only 1 execution).