Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 20, 2009. The TX Board of Pardons voted to spare the life of Robert Lee Thompson, who took part in a robbery that led to a murder. The killer is serving life. Perry chose to kill him anyway.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. October 26, 2009. Recent evidence shows that an executed Texas man was innocent. There are others who still might avoid that fate.
Carter Pagel, AlterNet. October 21, 2009. 28-year-old Reginald Blanton is scheduled to die on October 27th despite serious doubts about his guilt. Does Gov. Rick Perry want more innocent blood on his hands?
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. October 16, 2009. Khristian Oliver is set to be executed next month, after jurors used Old Testament passages to determine whether he should live or die.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. October 15, 2009. As the corporate media picks up on the tragic story of Cameron Todd Willingham, Gov. Perry is going to desperate lengths to cover it up.
Bob Moser, Texas Observer AlterNet: PEEK. October 5, 2009. Perry has suddenly replaced three members of a commission scheduled to investigate the case of Cameron Todd Willingham. But he can't hide the truth.
Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. September 22, 2009. The Tea Party movement has the juice as the religious right is on the wane. Survival may mean joining up, but that presents an image problem for Christians.
Matt Corley, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. August 31, 2009. Another speaker was overheard telling a pro-healthcare reform advocate, "Go back to the U.S. where you belong."
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. June 2, 2009. Today marks the 200th execution under Perry, a record even deadlier than George W. Bush's tenure. What's the matter with Texas?
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. May 14, 2009. I'm less inclined to be annoyed at Tea Party II (Electric Boogaloo), and more inclined to feel sorry for it.
Ali Frick, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. April 15, 2009. Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) was one of the dozens of Republican lawmakers who are addressing the anti-Obama tea parties today.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. August 18, 2008. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles will make a decision tomorrow in the case of Jeff Wood, who faces execution for killing no one.
Maura Kelly, Comment Is Free. August 15, 2008. Jeff Wood was sentenced to death under Texas' draconian Law of Parties for a murder that he did not plan or witness. He faces execution next week.
Philip Barron, AlterNet: PEEK. January 19, 2007. Gov. Rick Perry of Texas and the "Motor City Madman": Guilt by association, or the nature of the beast exposed?