Re: Graph of Texas Executions

Post #89,992 by cwbrenn 3/21/03 9:19:47 AM Reply	Re: Graph of Texas Executions Does this graph deal with the number of death penalty convictions, or number of actual executions? "We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?" - Edward Young
Post #89,997 by deSitter 3/21/03 9:56:57 AM Reply	Re: Graph of Texas Executions Executions - first one 20 odd years ago, 100 in first 14 yrs, another 100 in the next 4, then another 100 in the next 3. -drl
Post #90,037 by gdaustin 3/21/03 11:56:12 AM Reply	What? We're just clearing out death row... I think Texas has something like 2,400 people waiting to be executed (already convicted and sentenced to die).
Post #90,040 by deSitter 3/21/03 12:06:57 PM 3/21/03 12:08:15 PM Reply	? more like 450 [link\|http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/DRowInfo.html#state\|http://www.deathpena...owInfo.html#state] Still a lot. Harris County alone has a larger population than most states. Informative graphic: [image\|http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/SizeDRow00.GIF\|\|\|\|] -drl Edited by deSitter March 21, 2003, 12:08:15 PM EST Expand All History
Post #90,067 by cwbrenn 3/21/03 1:24:02 PM Reply	That seems like a more telling statistic since executions only come after legal wranglings, appeals, etc. Two people convincted on the same day, one could be executed months or even years before the other. So a spike or lull in actual executions could be explained away by beauraucratic machinery. It's the actual giving of the death sentence that find significant... and disturbing... "We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?" - Edward Young
Post #90,069 by deSitter 3/21/03 1:27:36 PM Reply	Shock and Awe Indeed - War on the People The most telling statistic is that a huge margin of death sentences are meted out to blacks who have killed whites. Racism is the cornerstone of the DP. -drl

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