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Texas Set to Execute Rogelio Cannady Today; Call Governor Perry at 512 463 1782

By "Persian Cowboy"

Today, May 19, Texas is scheduled to execute Rogelio Cannady (TDCJ info). He has an 8th grade education. Cannady has been sending a friend entries on a diary that his friend has been posting online at Death Watch Journal.  The entry posted on May 13th and written by Cannady in his cell on May 2 reads:May 2nd, 2010 | SundayI was just speaking to my neighbor who is scheduled for execution a week before I am.  He says that it is over for him and he was asking about my thoughts of the afterlife.  Honestly speaking I have my two feet firmly set in this life and am not ready to give up on myself yet.  I entertained his conversation though because eventually death is just as certain as taxes. So the Afterlife?  God...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on May 19, 2010 (boomark / email).