"Invest in care for our aging Texas inmates"

  As I was searching for something interesting to talk about, I found this article "Invest in care for our aging Texas inmates". At the statesman.com. In this editorial, the author talks about how Texas is always proud to say how tough they are on crime, but they have notice how much money it is spent to have people in jail, especially older people.    The author, who is unknown, did a great job on providing facts about the topic. His point of view was obvious in the article as he agreed that there should be new methods of incarceration and that old people in jails were more expensive as they needed health care. He based his argument on previous articles and statistics that showed the number of older inmates that needed medical attention. The audience was obviously every tax payer in Texas.     In the article he also introduced a new system where they setted up special geriatric units for inmates that are 60 and older. This article was very informative as well as opiniated. The author did a very good job by providing evidence which gave him more credit and made the article more interesting.

Death Penalty " A Texas Issue, but Not A National One"

       As I went through different  websites, I encountered this article: "A Texas Issue, but Not a National One" at the Texas Tribune written by Brandi Grissom. In this article Grissom talks about a controversial case where Rick Perry issued a stay of execution for Hank Skinner; who was convicted of triple murder on New Year's Eve in 1993. Skinner had requested to have a DNA test that he believed would have proved his innocence but it was denied per Rick Perry. On Grissom's article, you can tell that she does not agree how the system for Death Penalty works. On the article, Grissom points out how by approving DNA testing, Skinner might have been proven innocent of the murders. She gives examples of some other cases where the same thing happened; where DNA testing was denied and a stay of execution was issued. Grissom also wrote: "But for Perry the stay and the court’s continued deliberations over DNA testing makes this one issue he doesn't have to deal with while he is on the campaign trail."; which you can tell that the decision made by Perry was not completely thought about.


      On her article, she mainly believes that a decision like this, should not be made only by the State Governor but it should be taken as a National decision. Grissom showed a lot of her opinions on the article, but also gave proven facts as how the decision a stay of execution is not done properly, and gave her point on how it can be faulty and mistakenly execute innocent people.