[Tired of Taxes]

32 executions this year is not "image".

True, the executions are a reality. But, with "image", I'm thinking of this case as well as the Andrea Yates case, too, as she wasn't sentenced to death. In addition to Yates, there was another woman who murdered her children in TX; she served a short sentence and was released. (She was talking to Greta Von Susteren (sp?) shortly after the Yates case). I realize there are different factors that may have resulted in their lighter treatment, but it appears as if TX goes easier on women and children who commit crimes, but not on men.

[Theodore R.]

First-time offenders with "good behavior" also serve very short sentences in TX -- 1/4 of the sentence or 15 years maximum, whichever is LESS. So first-degree felons are often out of prison in 5 years. The Texans have jails too crowded to hold all the miscreants. Capital punishment has been in a lull in TX lately, Last year, I think OK actually led TX in executions.