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Perry & White on Capital Punishment

By Steve Hall

The Texas Tribune has posted interviews conducted by Evan Smith with the two major gubernatorial candidates, Republican Rick Perry and Democrat Bill White. Smith asks both candidates, "Why not issue stays of execution across death row until we can be sure there are no innocent people on death row?" In the interview with Governor Perry, this occurs at 53:35 into the interview. In the interview with former Houston Mayor Bill White, this occurs at 43:34 in the interview. A navigation bar in the bottom of the video window allows you to fast forward and repeat.  Governor Perry refused invitations to debate White; hence the dual interview format. Both candidates oppose a blanket moratorium.  White talked about his actions as mayor during the HPD crime lab scandal...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on October 18, 2010 (boomark / email).