My appointees to the [Texas] board of pardons and paroles reflect my no-nonsense approach to crime and punishment. They believe people who commit crimes against innocent Texans should pay the consequences; they believe sentences imposed by juries should be carried out.

I don't believe witchcraft is a religion and I think the military should be re-examine their standards.

One of the great things about books is, sometimes there are some fantastic pictures.

I watched his interview with her, though. He asked her real difficult questions, like 'What would you say to Governor Bush?' 'What was her answer?' I wonder. '…

The law which attempts a man's life [capital punishment] is impractical, unjust, inadmissible. It has never repressed crime-for a second crime is every day com…

Punishment is the last and least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime.

I personally have always voted for the death penalty because I believe that people who go out prepared to take the lives of other people forfeit their own righ…