Karla Faye's final stop: how a city in Texas (Huntsville) deals with being the execution capital of the United States.

Presbyterian Record | December 1, 1998| | Copyright

When I moved back this year to Huntsville, Texas, my childhood home, only one small cloud shaded my anticipation of warmer weather, a longer growing season and waking up to mockingbirds calling through the morning mists. Though it has grown since I lived here, my home town has remained verdant, well-kept and user-friendly. Live oaks still arch the walks of the state university. Redbuds, jonquils and bluebonnets paint the early spring hillsides. The crime rate is low and church attendance is high. Huntsville's public-spirited citizens volunteer to teach literacy classes, sort ...

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