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To: Father Terrence who wrote (83035)	6/28/2000 1:45:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

Terrence, here's a little external support and commentary on the well-oiled machine W's running in Texas. From this week's Newsweek, msnbc.com The closer you look at the Texas system, the more questions it raises about Bush?s leadership. One reason Texas has executed three times as many inmates as the next state (Virginia) is that Texas is one of only eight states that does not have a sentence of life in prison without parole. (Juries usually like that option.) And Texas is one of only a few states without a public-defender system. In 1995 Bush vetoed a bill that would have provided for one. He prefers a system where elected judges appoint lawyers who also often happen to be contributors to the judges? campaigns. These defense attorneys have a strong financial incentive to plead out cases and otherwise help the prosecution. Gore doesn?t want to make any of this an issue, so it almost certainly won?t hurt Bush in November. But campaigns are about more than who wins. They also help the country crystallize its view of itself. A new poll shows that nearly 60 percent of Texans believe the state has, at some point, executed the innocent. No matter. These voters apparently view state-sanctioned murder as a fair price to pay for maintaining the status quo. A real leader would try to take his people to a better place. Will Bush? I have reasonable doubt. Cheers, Dan.