[lbo-talk] California Moratorium on Executions Act

[Michael Hoover]

>>> debburz at yahoo.com 12/14/05 1:16 PM >>>
3)  A notoriously bloodthirsty DA's office:  The last District
Attorney, Johnny Holmes, started the death penalty trend in HC, but
his former leuitenant, successor and the current DA, Chuck Rosenthal,
has raised the bar for number of death penalty options requested in
capital cases, going as far as firing state-appointed psychologists
who determine a defendant is mentally retarded (and therefore not
executeable under recent SCOTUS rulings). 
- Deborah
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don't know harris county specifics, but in general, when death 
penalty is sought by prosecutors, it is most likely in cases where
victim is child or elderly person, more common gang shootings and 
drug-related killings do not elicit same emotions calling for 
retribution by the state...  mh

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