Houston Protest of 200th Execution

Terry Lee Hankins was the 200th inmate put to death under Governor Rick Perry. And that milestone brought out anti-death-penalty protestors in downtown Houston.

Gloria Rubac, of the Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement, admits Hankins's confessed crimes make him a poor poster child for her cause.

"His case is horrible," said Rubac, "but he should not be executed. We have enough prisons to lock that man up forever and I sure don't want him in my neighborhood."

Rubac believes death penalty opponents are making headway, even in Texas, which executes more inmates than any other state. She points out Harris County hasn't sent a criminal to Death Row since December 2007, even though it's the county that has historically condemned more defendants than any other in the state.

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Location: Houston, Texas

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