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George W. Bush: Presided over 152 executions as governor, more than any governor in modern American history to that point; his on-camera comments about the 1998 execution of Karla Faye Tucker drew particular controversy.
Action · 1998
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- Date
- 1998
- Evaluations
- Sister Helen Prejean, death-penalty opponent
- https://www.npr.org/2000/06/01/1074913/bush-executions
- Said
- gave cursory attention to clemency petitions
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- https://www.npr.org/2000/06/01/1074913/bush-executions
- Kind
- action
- What
- Presided over 152 executions as governor, more than any governor in modern American history to that point; his on-camera comments about the 1998 execution of Karla Faye Tucker drew particular controversy.
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