At 06:23 PM 6/2/01 -0500, Julia wrote:
>Yesterday in Austin, a jury imposed the death penalty on a man convicted
>of the brutal murder of a 13-year-old in 1991.
>
>I don't like the death penalty, but as far as I know, we still don't have
>the option of "life without parole" in Texas. I'd really like to see that
>one become a possibility when a jury is deliberating its options for
>sentencing. We really need something between "life, but you get put up
>for parole after awhile" and "we're going to run poison into your veins
>and kill you".
Like "Lock 'em up and throw away the key"?
-- Ronn! :)
