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19 Oct 2009, 9:08 am
  Here are extended excerpts:In nearly nine years as Texas governor, Rick Perry has never spared a life based on a claim of innocence and only once delayed an execution in such a case, according to a Chronicle review of public records, clemency statistics and information from the governor's office.During that same period, officials in other death penalty states granted clemency for humanitarian reasons at least 200 times… [read post]
18 Aug 2011, 2:26 am by Bob Kraft
In a blog post on Rick Perry's Texas record, the Washington Post (8/15, Plumer) reported, "Perry can claim credit for a 2003 law that caps malpractice awards. [read post]
6 Oct 2011, 8:09 am by Steve Hall
As the longest-serving governor of Texas, Rick Perry has overseen the application of the death penalty more than any other U.S. governor — 236 executions, and counting. [read post]
28 Sep 2011, 12:26 am
Texas Governor Rick Perry, campaigning for president in 2012, has one message for his state: you are safer at the border than you are in Austin, and it is all the Obama administration's fault. [read post]
1 Sep 2014, 7:45 am by John Floyd
Rick Perry and his defense team have characterized his recent two felony abuse of power indictments by a Travis County Grand Jury as “banana Republic politics. [read post]
19 Jan 2012, 1:54 pm by Joe Consumer
Now that Rick Perry is just plain ol' Texas Governor again, a guy who catapulted into governance after a solid "C" "D" and occasional "F" college record, we can get back to discussing what's important. [read post]
31 Aug 2011, 9:06 am by Gritsforbreakfast
In the Nation, Jordan Smith (who usually writes for the Austin Chronicle) has an article on the Larry Swearingen case asking "Is Rick Perry Ready to Execute an Innocent Man? [read post]
23 Feb 2011, 2:25 pm by Glenn Reynolds
“Texas Governor Rick Perry proposed it for his state schools, and it’s a perfectly plausible goal. [read post]
21 Sep 2009, 8:12 am
Governor Perry is clearly choosing to ignore the facts in this case. [read post]
19 Nov 2014, 7:24 am by Gritsforbreakfast
It's just that my efforts have been hindered by my not caring so profoundly.As governor, Rick Perry is on his way out and though Grits wishes him well, I don't particularly anticipate his ascension to the presidency, whether or not the charges stick. [read post]
6 Oct 2009, 8:54 am
Texas Governor Rick Perry, who has expressed confidence in the verdict and the sentence, removed three of the eight commissioners yesterday, forcing the cancellation of a key hearing. [read post]
21 Jun 2011, 2:32 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
The headline of this post is how the Fox News blog titled the AP story about Governor Perry adding legislation to restrict Transportation Security Agency pat downs to the "call" for Texas' special session. [read post]
17 Jun 2011, 7:48 am by Reproductive Rights
Reuters: Texas governor addresses L.A. anti-abortion rally, by Corrie MacLaggan: (Reuters) - Texas Governor Rick Perry, viewed as a potential 2012 Republican presidential candidate, ventured far from his home state on Sunday to address a largely Hispanic group at an... [read post]
4 Jan 2012, 2:41 am by Bob Kraft
So it came as no surprise to us to read a recent article in the Dallas Morning News regarding Governor Rick Perry's appointments to the Court. [read post]
30 Aug 2007, 10:29 am
Just a short time later, here's what Governor Perry had to say: AUSTIN - Gov. [read post]
5 Sep 2011, 9:21 am
It seems to me that Governor Perry is out of touch with the state of Texas. [read post]
4 Sep 2009, 5:40 am
Governor Rick Perry this week skipped out on the binational Border Governors' Conference in Monterrey, sending Deputy Chief of Staff Kathy Walt in his stead. [read post]