1.   Advocates also point out cases in which inmates have been executed despite substantial testimony casting doubt on their guilt.

2.   But death penalty opponents said the state just seemed to have trouble executing its inmates, no matter how it was done.

3.   Eight inmates have been executed so far this year, including seven last month alone.

4.   In a state where executions have become almost commonplace, four other inmates were executed earlier this month with little fanfare.

5.   None of the three knows who has executed the inmate.

6.   One hundred thirty-one Texas death row inmates have been executed since Bush took office and throughout the presidential campaign he has insisted all were guilty.

7.   Republican lawmakers have said that they hope Florida, by moving to more swiftly execute inmates, can be more like Texas.

8.   Since Jeb Bush took office last January, one inmate has been executed.

9.   The comment came as the GOP presidential nominee was campaigning in California, hours before two Texas inmates were executed.

10.   The court will use the Atkins v. Virginia case to decide whether it is cruel and unusual punishment to execute inmates who are mentally retarded.