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Monday, March 28, 2005

152 EXECUTIONS ON HIS WATCH

by Cele S. Keeper


So many lethal
needles from a man who errs
on the side of life.


Cele S. Keeper, 78, retired social worker, (not an oxymoron) long-time Texas Democrat, has been published in The Houston Chronicle, The Texas Observer, an anthology "Noble Generation II", "The Book of Rememberance," an on-line collection of post 9/11 pieces and in various literary magazines.