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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Debate & Discussion > A list of every Inmate Executed in Texas, and their last words.
 
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whoflungpoop
Sep 9, 2004

With you and the constellations
I dont mind the death penalty, only that the system which enforces it takes far too long to do so. Give a person 10-20 years with nothing to do but make peace with every god they can name and they turn into boring scripture-quoting types.

This guy nailed it, though:

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I deserve this. Tell everyone I said goodbye.
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whoflungpoop
Sep 9, 2004

With you and the constellations

Caros posted:

So you don't mind that we kill innocent people under the guise of justice and would in fact prefer to speed the process along thus causing even more people to be murdered unjustly. Cool story bro.
Texas does do an effective job relative to other execution states in reducing the time between conviction and execution, and this is for a number of reasons (like expediting state appeals) and working out other statutory or procedural kinks that other states haven't fully tested or affirmed.

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whoflungpoop
Sep 9, 2004

With you and the constellations

Caros posted:

Texas reduced the time between conviction and execution and this is a large reason why Texas leads the nation in the execution of the innocent.
Yes, in the mid 90s the Texas State Legislature made the habeas process concurrent with appeals.

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whoflungpoop
Sep 9, 2004

With you and the constellations

Caros posted:

:psyduck: You really are a horrible person. You know that right?

There's no reason to be rude or upset over someone explaining a few of the statutory and procedural reasons behind Texas' execution rates. Whether you approve of them or not they're just facts, and fairly boring ones to be honest.

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