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To: Original Mad Dog who wrote (19967)	8/26/2002 3:16:16 PM
From: Bill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

Mead Shumway was executed in 1909. There are a few cases from the early 20th century in question, including Shumway. But Shumway's innocence is by no means a fact. The only evidence of the confession is from an article in the 1919 issue of the Journal of the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology. Nevertheless, I don't think any innocent person has been executed in the last 50 years.

To: Original Mad Dog who wrote (19967)	8/26/2002 4:06:10 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21057

Yesterday in my weekly phone chat with my 89 year old, life-long, die-hard Republican father, he got talking about the number of Mexicans dying crossing the border. (He's in Tucson.) In the course of that, somehow he mentioned that he didn't think there should be a death penalty. I had never heard him say anything about the death penalty before so I listened up. He said he didn't think the government should be taking anyone's life. His simple explanation for his POV was "because I'm a conservative." My ol' dad can still be pretty sharp.