The death penalty is and has always been unequally and unevenly applied in Texas Red just as has incarceration. The state is no stranger to wrongful convictions---and the state has more than it’s share of them, some of the executed may even have been guilty. (See: Texas Red )
Meanwhile the other necessary factor in a political race is money. That is probably the single most unmendable misfortune in our political process. Some say it is a necessary evil. I say it’s just plain evil.
It’s obvious to see that those with money and those with agendas will always oppose public funding of our elections. As long as that is a fact we as a people will continue to lose more and more of our say in the political process. The supremes have made certain.
District attorney race pits Spur vs. Spur
Nico gets Spurs legends Tim Duncan and Sean Elliot.
Susan gets the NBA team's millionaire owner, Peter Holt.
http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/courts/2010/07/district-attorney-race-pits-sp.html
“It might sound at first blush like a fantasy sports league, but in actually this a much more brutal contact sport: campaign finance.
With less than four months left before voters choose who will serve as Bexar County's top prosecutor, Democrat Nico LaHood has established a viable war chest in his attempt to oust longtime Republican incumbent Susan Reed. The two were required to submit campaign finance reports last week, and the numbers show he clearly won this round.
Reed raised $160,931 in the first six months of 2010. She has a total of $205,679 in the bank.
LaHood raised $190,204 and has $229,685 on hand.”
http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/courts/2010/07/district-attorney-race-pits-sp.html
The citizens of Bexar County have a vested interest in knowing who they are voting for to be their District Attorney. This state disproportionately condemns to death more citizens than any other state and guilt isn’t necessarily a requirement. (See: Texas Governor Fires Commissioners Probing Arson)
The Fall 2010 general election is only four months away. That’s plenty of time to get smart on the candidates.
Hasta Siempre,
More:
District Attorney Race Nico Lahood vs Susan Reed, the Ruben Cantu Case, Death & Doubt
https://feed.examiner.com/examiner/admin/EntryController.cfm?data=QUdDL2lJamdOUFFTVWkwd0YvQkN3RHRaRlQ0Rm9Ib2Q2VFB6QlBjVUlDND0%3D&CFID=112284633&CFTOKEN=76112656#
Gubernatorial Candidates Debate
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-34693-Bexar-County-Elections-2010-Examiner~y2010m2d9-Democratic-Gubernatorial-candidates-postdebate
Bexar County: Elections 2010 Not exactly a nail-biting spellbinder
http://prop-w-a-dtc02.evip.aol.com/story/2010/07/22/bexar-county-elections-2010-not-exactly-a-nail-biting-spellbinder/
Lawsuit against Farmers Branch seeks single-member districts for City Council elections
http://www.txcn.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-fbsingle_21met.ART.State.Edition1.38b706b.html
Is a GOP judicial comeback in the cards for Bexar? (Gosh let’s hope not. See the following links)
http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/is_a_gop_judicial_comeback_in_the_cards_for_bexar_99136429.html
The Rope, the Chair, and the Needle: Capital Punishment in Texas, 1923-1990
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rope,_the_Chair,_and_the_Needle:_Capital_Punishment_in_Texas,_1923-1990
The authors argue that the execution rate in Texas is a symptom of the "cultural tradition of exclusion" in the Southern United States. They found there was an inverse relationship between the number of executions and lynchings. When the number of lynchings declined, the execution rate went up. Executions, they argue, are a way to continue to "dehumanize" and "exclude" certain groups from normal society
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rope,_the_Chair,_and_the_Needle:_Capital_Punishment_in_Texas,_1923-1990
Innocent People have been executed
http://innocentsexecuted.com/
Texas Legislature taking small steps to the right (Small?)
http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/07/26/2361962/texas-legislature-taking-small.html
Read more: http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/07/26/2361962/texas-legislature-taking-small.html#ixzz0uq1NcIaI
Texas Governor Fires Commissioners Probing Arson
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113405213
Trial by Fire
Did Texas execute an innocent man?
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/09/07/090907fa_fact_grann
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