1.   But it is not all that great of a preparation for standing on national television and having an average citizen ask whether you actually enjoy executing murderers.

2.   In the three states that have been the most active in executing murderers, the statistics are inconclusive.

3.   To say that society should refrain from executing murderers for fear of making a mistake is not noble.

4.   Why limit ourselves to executing murderers of peace officers, multiple murderers, contract killings and the like?

5.   Texas would be banned from executing murderers found to be mentally retarded under a bill given final House approval Saturday.

6.   Texas would be banned from executing murderers found to be mentally retarded under a compromise reached by a joint House and Senate committee Wednesday.

7.   The case has attracted wide attention in Britain, and newspapers have focused on the Saudi practice of executing murderers by public beheading.