Lawyers for death row inmate sentenced on basis of racist testimony in 11th-Hr. plea to Perry

[G_j]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/15/duane-buck-plea-rick-perry

Duane Buck lawyers appeal to Rick Perry for stay of execution

Lawyers for death row inmate sentenced on basis of racist testimony in eleventh-hour in plea to Texas governor

Lawyers for a death row inmate in Texas who was sentenced to death on the basis of testimony from a psychologist who argued he was a risk to the public because he is black are making frantic eleventh-hour efforts to spare him from the execution chamber on Thursday.

If their pleading fails to sway the Texas authorities, Duane Buck, 48, will be put to death by lethal injection at 6pm local time. His lawyers are appealing to the governor of Texas, Rick Perry, to use his powers to delay the execution to allow for the case to go to resentencing given the racially tainted nature of the original punishment.

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The issue of capital punishment has entered into the national political debate surrounding Perry's bid to become the Republican candidate in next year's presidential election. Last week Perry, who is emerging as the frontrunner to take on Barack Obama in the November 2012 election, was quizzed about his enthusiasm for the death penalty in a TV debate.

Perry said he had no qualms at all about any of the executions that have taken place on his watch, which include those of mentally ill prisoners, women, almost certainly innocent individuals and juveniles. The Republican audience cheered when they heard that 234 people had been put to death during Perry's term in office – the highest number of any US governor in modern history.

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Duane Buck's lawyers' letter to Rick Perry,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2011/sep/15/usa

[truebrit71]

1. May as well piss in the wind...

...he likes killing people...it proves he's a righteous christian...no wait...what's that thing called when you say one thing and then do the opposite?

[Odin2005]

3. he likes killing "the darkies", he's a racist POS.

[still_one]

2. I believe that even if a convicted individual was proven innocent by DNA, perry would insure the

execution took place