"Two hundred and thirty years ago, our forefathers fought a war to throw off the yoke of a European monarch and gain the freedom of self-determination.
"Texans long ago decided the death penalty is a just and appropriate punishment for the most horrible crimes committed against our citizens.
"While we respect our friends in Europe ... Texans are doing just fine governing Texas."
According to the Washington-based Death Penalty Information Center, 1,090 executions have taken place in the US since the Supreme Court lifted a ban on capital punishment in 1976.
Texas has carried out more than a third of those.
Read more hereSeriously, there's a respectful way to handle disagreement, and then an asinine way. Besides which, I will never understand why Texas thinks they are effective. Shouldn't they have the least number of executions if they deter people?
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