Execution Watch

Image can be an transitory thing. Not so for Texas, with its enduring image of cowboys and cattle drives. Until recently. International attention has zeroed in on Texas as the death penalty capital of the democratic world, with its record under Gov. Rick Perry and predecessor George W....

The throngs visiting the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo are missing the best show in town. If I were them, I'd consider hopping on the MetroRail and heading for the Harris County Criminal Justice Center, where Judge Kevin Fine is causing a bigger ruckus than the Xtreme Bulls competition....

I've been following by live webcast the meeting of the Texas Forensic Science Commission today in Harlingen. If commissioners were meeting any farther from Austin, they'd be in Mexico. How ironic that Texans must rely on a webcast by the New York City-based Innocence Project to...

Have you ever wondered what the U.S. would say if forced to defend the death penalty to Europe and other regions that have outlawed the punishment as barbaric? Wonder no more. Kyle Scott, charges d'affaires of the U.S. mission to the Organization for Security and Co-Operation in...

  Guest Blog By Jim Skelton Legal Analyst, EXECUTION WATCH   Everyone involved in the death penalty debate says Harris County is the death penalty capital of the United States. There is no need...

    By Massoud Nayeri , Guest Blogger We agree we must fight the death penalty. The challenge lies in agreeing how. Most of us believe unity carries a power all its own. If you need convincing, go to www.marchtoendexecution.org , the site...

Elizabeth Ann Stein produces EXECUTION WATCH on KPFT FM Houston 90.1, HD-2 and www.executionwatch.org. The program, hosted by Ray Hill, airs at 6 p.m. Central Time any day Texas executes someone. It is designed to counteract the virtual news blackout in the mainstream media when prisoners are executed. She has worked as a political reporter for United Press International, police reporter at a daily newspaper, and an editor for PC Week.

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• Exposing myth of death row's 'worst of worst'
• Peter Cantu to be put to death Aug. 17
• New image of Texas: a governor, a gurney, a needle
• Rodeo no competition for Judge Fine's court
• Perry wants execution errors to go away as primary looms
• Perry's fall partner continues chokehold on forensics panel
• Orwell would appreciate judge's approach to letting fellow judge off the hook
• Dark days for watchers of Texas death penalty
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