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...woman has not been executed in Texas since, according to a New York Times article by Sam Verhovek (Jan. 1), "Chipita Rodriguez was put to death for murdering a horse trader" in 1863. Only one woman has been executed since capital punishment was re-permitted in American...
What did the 38-year-old Tucker do 14 years ago? Verhovek writes: "Strung out with her boyfriend on a variety of drugs, she repeatedly assaulted [two] sleeping victims [Jeffrey Lynn Dean and Deborah Thornton] with the murder weapon, left it embedded in Ms. Thornton's chest and boasted, just after the killings, that she had experienced a surge of sexual pleasure every time she swung the three-foot pickax...
...among others, television evangelist, supporter of the death penalty and Ralph Reed mentor Pat Robertson has come out as one of Tucker's ardent supporters, requesting that Republican Gov. George Bush, Jr., commute her death sentence, something the 18-member Board of Pardons and Paroles, Verhovek notes, has not recommended in more than 10 years...
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