Texas to execute another tonight

[MikeWaters]

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/...-Execution.php

When I saw that it was a Blockbuster murder, my interest was piqued. Because when I was a med student, another med student was carjacked at a blockbuster (that I frequented) and murdered in a parking lot.

This, however, is a different scumbag. It says East Dallas. I have been at an East Dallas Blockbuster many times, including during a theft (someone gathered up a bunch of games and movies, went out the back emergency door, where a getaway car was waiting).

[il Padrino Ute]

A question Mike -

Are there protests at the time of the executions in Texas each and every time the sentence is carried out? If so, are they large?

I ask because I remember hearing about a rather large group of people who were protesting the execution of Dale Selby here in Utah back in '87, but a smaller group protested the execution of William Andrews, who was Selby's accomplice in the Hi-Fi murders in Ogden in '74.

It seems the number of people who felt strongly enough against the death penalty to hold demonstrations has dwindled, at least here in Utah.

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

A question Mike -

Are there protests at the time of the executions in Texas each and every time the sentence is carried out? If so, are they large?

I ask because I remember hearing about a rather large group of people who were protesting the execution of Dale Selby here in Utah back in '87, but a smaller group protested the execution of William Andrews, who was Selby's accomplice in the Hi-Fi murders in Ogden in '74.

It seems the number of people who felt strongly enough against the death penalty to hold demonstrations has dwindled, at least here in Utah.

I think it depends on the execution.

This scumbag couldn't even find a lawyer to defend him. That's saying a lot, if you read the police report on the scumbag that SU's wife is defending.

But even for the controversial ones, I think the protests are very small.