Richland High School - Rebel Yearbook (Fort Worth, TX)

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VITH OVER THIRTY SENIORS GRADUATING SUMA CUM LAUDE, the top ten greaduates became the top even graduates, with a tie for seventh place. The group's exclusiveness was emphasized by this fact. The top graduates ere: Kyle Ballard, Laurine Ellison, Rhonda Callaway, Sumathi Venkateapan, Brian Milne, julie Jorge, Chris Brown, obin Harrison, Bubby Moore, Sharon McCloud,john Key. tbtzl injection used legally for first time in Texas Charlie Brooks executed for Fort Worth murder 1 1982, Texas once again id itself as the proud owner , first. Yet the particular t was of a rather dubious ire. hortly after midnight on ember 7, Charlie Brooks ime the first person in U.S. Dry to be executed by ins of lethal injection. hough both inmates :duled to die immediately are and immediately after oks were granted staysf oks was given no reprieve. 'he scene was reminiscent of surgical operation, with medical devices, doctors and a patient, The room held the patented coldness and sterility of a hospital operating room. Yet, help was not at the way for convicted killer Charlie Brooks as it would have been for a hospital patientg the state of Texas was just about to ad- minister a lethal overdose to Brooks, a former drug user. A catheter inserted into his left arm next to the tatoo I was born to die proved the deathblow. Reactions among the group of demonstrators ranged from sympathetic protesters from staunch supporters sporting kill 'em in vein posters com- plete with illustrated syringes. Among students polled, most favored the death penalty in general. Lori McEndree Cjuniorl commented that she doesn't think criminals should be put in prison for a few years and be let out to kill again. Traci Holland Cjuniorl said that if they are going to have a death penalty, it should be strictly enforced, while Stephanie Hunter fjuniorj said that rape should deserve capital punishment, since there seems to be no other way to stop it. The victims suffer more than the criminals themselves. Randy Wright fjuniorj stated that he supported the death penalty since too many people commit serious crimes knowing they'll get off the hook. On the other side of the fence, Stacy Cowling Cjuniorj said that on cases where the facts aren't completely clear, it is definitely unfair.

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