Reply #11: Actually, of the 152 Death Row Executions, Mr. Lucas was the only one Bushler commuted [View All]

[tom_paine]

Odd, to say the least.

Of course, Bush was notoriously incurious about the executions that came across his desk, spending less than 15 min. on most, according to reports, and rubber-stamping all but one.

Perhaps it was merely that Mr. Lucas was a white man, and thus merited a "white-man's attention" from Bush.

Perhaps Bush, who's murder toll was far smaller at the time than Mr. Lucas', was paying homage to one greater than he. Not anymore, of course. Bush is indirectly and somewhat directly responsible for over half a million deaths, most innocent.

Not Hitler-Stalin numbers, but everybody's got to start somewhere, right?

Of course, it's all speculation except for the bare bones facts.

152 people were executed in George Bush's Texas.
1 person's sentence was commuted.
That person is Henry Lee Lucas, perhaps one of the most prolific serial killers in history (perhaps not...there is some doubt to the number fo this monster's victims and prhaps always will be).

Just the facts. All the rest is filling in blanks and connecting dots. But who knows, really, what was going on in Bush's small and egocentric brain that made him stay Lucas' execution?