http://endthelie.com/2013/06/27/texas-us-leader-in-wrongful-convictions-executes-500th-person-since-1982/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EndTheLie+%28End+the+Lie%29#axzz2XR3pIzzd
Kimberly McCarthy was the 500th person to be executed in Texas, the first state to earn the dubious distinction since capital punishment was reinstituted there in 1982. Texas leads the nation in wrongful convictions, exonerations and state killings.
Texas has carried out nearly 40 per cent of America’s executions, with more than 1,300 since the Supreme Court resurrected the dormant law in 1976. Governor Rick Perry alone has overseen more than 250 executions during his time in office
...at least 117 people in Texas were imprisoned over the last 25 years for crimes they did not commit.
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