Offended Texas lawmaker removes death penalty artwork from state Capitol display

[Joanne98]

AUSTIN, Texas – A state lawmaker removed two pieces of art from a Capitol exhibit organized by a group opposed to the death penalty because he found the images inappropriate and objectionable.

Rep. Borris Miles, a Houston Democrat, took issue with a painting of a man hanging from a rope and an illustration of a man tied to an electric chair with the inscription “Doing God's Work.”

“We should not prevent the display of art,” Miles said Tuesday. “But there have to be limits.”

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20070314-0216-artworkpulled.html

[RaleighNCDUer]

1. I'd be curious to know if this legislator is pro- or anti-death penalty.

But the article doesn't specify.

[wicket]

2. I tried googling him but didn't come up with much on the subject

Just that he is a former cop.