Rhode Island man on death row in Georgia

         I read in today's news that a former Rhode Island man -Tracy Lee

    Housel - is scheduled to be executed in Georgia today by lethal injection.

            Not a sympathetic character to be sure: he raped and murdered a

    woman -Jean Drew - he met at a Georgia truck stop. Needed a little

    recreation that day ?

             Nevertheless , I applaud those - including a member of the British

    Parliament - who wish to stop his execution.

           A familiar story here: " Housel grew up poor and was frequently


    beaten by his father ... suffered from childhood head injuries ... untreated

    because his father did not believe in doctors." ( Providence Journal, March

    12, B3 ) .

                And may I suggest that when you are POOR, too many doctors

    do not believe in you , in your RIGHT to health care.

            The mental health care system in this society is indeed a disgrace !


                RIP Tracy Lee Housel. Too late does the plastic Jesus of

    unctuous preachers work  His miracles of salvation.

                    Poverty is a crime ?