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For Perry, though, his death penalty record might be less about whether people agree with him on the issue and more of a factor in defining his public persona to the many voters who still don’t know him.
Perry’s been widely criticized for several executions that have happened on his watch, including Cameron Todd Willingham — whom many argued was innocent
— and Humberto Leal Garcia, a Mexican national executed at the beginning of July despite not being properly put in touch with his embassy at the time of his arrest.
Then there’s Hank Skinner, who’s one of the six lethal injections scheduled for the fall in Texas. Skinner’s demand for DNA testing of the evidence in his case has already pushed his execution back four times. Skinner is now set to be executed on Nov. 11, opening Perry up to questions about compassion and application of forensic science at a moment when the nomination fight will be in full swing.
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