01 Oct 2009
Texas gov shakes up panel probing execution

Well, why not? After all, we have it from Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia that “Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached.”

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has shaken up a state commission that is probing whether a man executed in 2004 belonged on death row. Perry's move forces the commission to delay a scheduled hearing on the case.

(link) [CNN.com]

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