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Re: Rick Perry and the death penalty 

By: ribit in FFFT | Recommend this post (2)
Sun, 04 Sep 11 9:38 PM | 44 view(s)
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whom many argued was innocent

...how many is "many"?

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.

...he been here since he was four years old and never tried to get in touch with his embassy before, why now?

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.


...as far as questioning Perrys "compassion" I think mr skinner has used up all his mulligans for this round.

Twila Busby and her two sons were brutally murdered in their home in Pampa, Texas by Henry Watkins Skinner, Twila's live-in partner. On New Years Eve, 1993, Skinner and Twila were preparing for their New Year's celebrations. Hank took a combination of pills and alcohol and passed out some time before 10:15pm, when a friend of the couple arrived to drive them both to attend his New Year's party. The friend attempted to waken Skinner but "got no reaction from Mr. Skinner -- he was out cold." The friend and Twila then left to attend the party. Twila arrived home between 11:00 and 11:15. Shortly afterwards she was bludgeoned to death. Her younger son, Randy Busby, 20, was stabbed and murdered in his bed. The attacker also stabbed her 22 year old son, Elwin [Scooter] Caler, but he was able to flee to a neighbor's yard where he collapsed on the porch. Scooter never regained consciousness and died shortly afterwards. He was found by the neighbor who called the police at 11:59pm. The police arrived and then went to Scooter's home. They found a bloody pick-axe handle near the couch and a blood-covered knife on the porch. There were numerous hand-prints around the house, all but one identified as Skinner's, the last being unidentifiable. Skinner had a previous conviction for aggravated assault on a police officer.




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Rick Perry and the death penalty
By: clo in FFFT
Sun, 04 Sep 11 3:04 PM 		Msg. 32693 of 65535

in part:

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.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/62209_Page2.html#ixzz1Wyvv09g6

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