Cruel and Unusual: Update

Governor Rick Perry granted a last minute commutation of Kenneth Foster Jr.'s death sentence, reducing the sentence to life in prison. That's enough to make my day, to know that every once in a while, justice does get served. I feel like Perry should have gone further, but know at least Foster has a fighting chance of making it out of prison to a family that's only known him behind bars.

Read about Perry's decision in the LA Times and in The Nation.