Last words from Texas

With Texas Governor Rick Perry entering the race for U.S. president, expect the executions conducted under his watch to come under renewed scrutiny.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice provides excellent records here, complete with last statements of the executed offenders.

These are kind of chilling.  Just out of curiosity, I threw them into a tag clog via Wordle (click for full size).

Another example, I hope, of how text can be data, too.

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