4 Travis candidates lay out their views on death penalty

There are four candidates in line for the Travis County district attorney. They are all assistants or former assistant to the current district attorney, Ronnie Earle. All three currently under Earle said they would seek a death penalty if neccessary. Rick Reed, who resigned last week from Earle's office, said he would never seek the death penalty. All four candidates are democrats and whoever wins the primary will have the sole discretion to seek the death penalty and is expected to become the top prosecuter in Travis County. If Reed wins, no matter what crime is committed he will not seek the death penalty, so hopefully one of the other three will win. I think the death penalty should be an option and is neccessary in some cases. Rosemary Lehmberg has been in Earle's office since 1976 and she also helped develop the system in evaluating which cases deserve the death penalty. It seems she has the most experience with this issue and would probably be best suited for the job. I expect that in Texas our next district attorney for Travis County will be for the death penalty.