Texas carries out 500th execution

Amazing how some records don't attract attention- case in point the State Of Texas recently carried out its 500th execution since 1982( the executee, Kimberley McCarthy was black, her victim white and she was convicted by an all-white jury ). True, Ms.McCarthy was only the third woman to be put to death by the Lone Star State( her unfortunate predecessor was Karla Faye Tucker), but even so, this grisly "anniversary" is hardly anything to crow about(to be fair, Governor Rick Perry unlike his predecessor George W.Bush at least had the good taste not to publicly rejoice about this "milestone").

it could be argued that if you don't kill anybbody in Texas then you have nothing to worry about- but just to be on the safe side, I'm NEVER to going to visit the Lone Star State anyway( not because it has the death penalty- so does Pennyslvania but it seems not to have used it in donkey's years- my cousin tells me that he can't even remember the last execution.)

Anybody think as I do?

Terry

Good ole' Texas.

Keepin em' Southern values alive.

Capital Punishment isn't exclusive to the south.

I am aware of that.

@wolverine08 said:

Then why would you consider it a "Southern value"??

Because most of the executions in the US occur in the South.

More states should follow Texas' example. I wish Indiana would :-/

@paracelsus:

I agree that such an "anniversary" is nothing to "crow" about.

But when the poop hits the fan I will be happy to be able to move to Texas.

At least there they still have balls.

Good, dont come over here. Crybabies belong in Oklahoma

and to commemorate everyone got a free steak dinner!

But Oklahoma has the highest per execution rate IIRC. Lol.

Stuff like this is what scares me about CV.

Not really. Texas has more executions than the next six states put together, which includes Oklahoma.

@saren: Ah, thank you for the correction.

@paracelsus: you say it's hardly an anniversary to crow about after saying how it didn't attract attention yet here you are bringing it up. Just another of your pathetic attempts crying out for attention you don't get at home.

And Texas isn't a "southern" state, it's a mid-western state which is why the motif is predominantly old west and cowboys, not lynch mobs and the kkk. Learn some geography people. It's right there in them whatchacallem picture books. You just hafta skip all them damned words getting in the way.

Only 500?

I thought it would have been higher

Ok? Didn't you know that everything is bigger in Texas? Including execution numbers.

RIP in peace Kimberley McCarthy.