... the cause for its sizeable number of executions. This is true in part but does not hold when closely examined. Keith Harries and Derral Cheatwood explain the disparity in their book The Geography of Execution, which primarily examines the historical geography of capital punishment in the United States: Some 58.1 percent of the 2,356 prisoners on death rows in 1990 were ... again at the center of the firestorm. Texas' frontier mentality can be seen not only in its attitude but also in its firm legislation and poor legal representation. Dr. Halperin notes, "The 5th Circuit of the Federal ...

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