MG> I'm sure I recall someone here saying something to the effect that
 MG> Texas' Death Row is a conveyor belt operation, well this article puts
 MG> the lie to that:

Not at all. It just illustrates poor logic skills.

 MG> Cruel and Unusual?
 MG> Texas' longest serving Death Row inmate has been there 31 years

Note "longest serving". Meaning all others were killed sooner.

My grams lived to 102. That doesn't mean that the rest of us will get even
close to that.

 MG> Next time somebody jokes that Texas has an express lane on Death Row,
 MG> you'll know better.

 MG> It took a Dallas jury only 15 minutes to convict Ronald Chambers of
 MG> murder

Perhaps that's one reason he had reasonable appeals.

 MG> in 1976 after he robbed and shot two college students. He was
 MG> sentenced to die.

 MG> But more than 31 years and three trials later, he hasn't died.

Sorry, but ONE case sample offered doesn't equate to refutation of the FACT
that Texas is a "Kill Them Quick State".

You're smarter than that, Mimi! Or at least I'd hope so.

I don't recall the specifics, but I recall reading of a study that offered
that Texas killed something like 70% of those executed in the U.S. in the
last 5 years.

So, either Texas IS a "kill them quicker" state OR Texas is a
mecca for murderers/rapists and/or traitors (thus proving that the death
penalty isn't a deterrent). Take your pick. ;)

Now THAT is good logic!

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