Abstract
Gary Graham, Delma Banks, Odell Barnes, Napoleon Beazley, Darlie Lynn Routier... these are the names of people who have been executed by the state of Texas. I was surprised to realize that on the total number of cases that we were presented, Texas was often the "killing state? at stake. It became a ritual to say in our class that no one should ever get in trouble in Texas, because this is a state that usually does not forgive. Moreover, studying Karla Faye Tucker's case gave me the opportunity to understand the death penalty system in Texas.
