High Hopes,

My point was to answer the question that Les in Chorlton asked on the 17th and, having received no answer, asked again on the 18th.

I'm sorry that wasn't clear to you. I will try to be clearer: Even if Phil Spector had been convicted of capital murder (rather than second-degree murder), and even if he had been poor and obscure (rather than rich and famous), it is unlikely that he would have been executed. Executions are rare in the U.S. as a whole, and are rare in California, where Spector was convicted.


Les in Chorlton,

Texas is the state that has executed the greatest number. Texas has over 24 million inhabitants and has, in the past 32 years, executed 436 murderers.

Kent