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Time to End the Death Penalty's Cycle of Violence

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That's the title of Ronald Carlson's OpEd in the Sunday Fort Worth Star-Telegram.  LINK  Here's an extended excerpt:June 13, 1983, and Feb. 3, 1998, are two days that will forever be etched in my memory. On that fateful day in June, I lost my dear sister, Deborah Thornton, senselessly murdered along with her friend Jerry Lynn Dean. Fifteen years later, I witnessed another senseless act of violence: the execution of Karla Faye Tucker, the woman condemned for the crime. Before I lost my sister, I had no opinion on the death penalty. But Deborah?s tragic death made the question of capital punishment a painfully personal one. When I learned of the murder of my only sibling, who had helped raise me after our mother died, I was filled with hatred...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on August 04, 2008 (boomark / email).