Susan Reed, Bexar County DA has concluded that Ruben Cantu was justifiably executed in 1993. DA Reed refused to have an independent investigation of this case after questions about his guilt were raised by the Houston Chronicle in 2005. The DA insisted on handling the investigation despite the fact that she was a former Judge […]
Category: death penalty
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst confuses me. This morning coming into Austin, KUT reported the Lt Gov was fighting the extension of the application for the CHIP program (Children’s Health Insurance) from 6 months to 12 months. He only wants children who really need the help to be on the list, and that is better determined […]
Napoleon Beasley’s Last Statement is posted in the TCADP office. It captures very well, the shortcomings of a criminal justice system that invests so much in the death penalty. Napoleon Beasley’s Last Statement, May 28, 2002:The act I committed to put me here was not just heinous, it was senseless. But the person that committed […]