VIOLENCE IS THE LAST REFUGE OF THE INCOMPETENT

Darryl Hunt was convicted twice for the murder, rape, kidnapping and armed robbery of Debra Sykes. After 18 years in prison he walked out of prison this week after DNA evidence linked another man to these crimes Had this been a Texas prison one can be sure that BUSH THE LESSER when governor would have had no trouble executing Hunt as he did with over 150 humans while serving as governor. WHY DO WE KILL PEOPLE TO PROVE TO PEOPLE THAT KILLING PEOPLE IS WRONG?

An example of compassionate conservatism as practiced by BUSH THE LESSER: “On the morning of May 6, 1997, Governor George W. Bush signed his name to a confidential three-page memorandum from his legal counsel, Alberto R. Gonzales, and placed a bold black check mark next to a single word: DENY. It was the twenty-ninth time a death-row inmate's plea for clemency had been denied in the twenty-eight months since Bush had been sworn in. In this case Bush's signature led, shortly after 6:00 P.M. on the very same day, to the execution of Terry Washington, a mentally retarded thirty-three-year-old man with the communication skills of a seven-year-old.

During Bush's six years as governor 150 men and two women were executed in Texas—a record unmatched by any other governor in modern American history. Each time a person was sentenced to death, Bush received from his legal counsel a document summarizing the facts of the case, usually on the morning of the day scheduled for the execution, and was then briefed on those facts by his counsel; based on this information Bush allowed the execution to proceed in all cases but one.”