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Former DA ran powerful death-penalty machine

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 2:52 pm
by portsider44
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/pol ... 96556.html
Juries, moved by skillful, hard-nosed prosecution, sent thousands of criminals to Texas prisons, more than 200 of them to death row. And the vast majority of the 100 killers who have visited the death chamber courtesy of Harris County juries, including Lonnie Johnson who was put to death Tuesday, were prosecuted by Holmes or his staff
Not sure how anyone could see this as a bad thing. While the reporter seems to want to cast a dark cloud of death over Johnny Holmes record.
I wish more DA would talk his drive & determination to do their jobs.

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:05 pm
by Paladin
That's quite an accomplishment for Holmes and his staff. I'd give 'em a metal.

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 8:59 pm
by govnor
What a record! God bless Texas!

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:50 pm
by Skiprr
I read that article over lunch, and saved it.

I wonder if Allan Turner, the reporter, even gave the story its title, or if that was done at the Metro Desk, out of his control. 'Cause otherwise, the tone seems respectful...even honorific in places. As, IMHO, it should be. Johnny never wanted to be a lawyer; he wanted to be a prosecutor. And he never wanted to be a politician, but I think we could have made an interesting mayor or even governor.
Still rising daily at 4 a.m., he habitually monitors his police band radio even though his retirement ranch home in Austin County normally is far from the scene of crimes. His e-mail address bears the moniker "crimefighter."
Maybe he's not completely done just yet...