Reply on " Don't Mess with Texas"

I would like to start off by saying that I see the points you’ve made and understand that people have different beliefs based on religion, or the morale of a certain subject, but I believe that many people fail to take the slogan “Don’t Mess with Texas” Literally, for example, you based upon your statement you made when saying “taking it more seriously”. What I don’t understand is that it is well known across the nation that Texas doesn’t have a problem executing people for the crimes they have committed, but there are still people out there who continue to rape and kill other human being and then are surprised when they are caught and sentenced to the death penalty. Then the appeals process goes underway buying the criminal more time and wasting more of people tax money. What I don’t understand is in the case of Michael Richards why everyone was so surprised when Judge Sharon Keller closed the doors at five o’clock and didn’t except the appeal from Richards’s attorney 20 minutes late? One article stated the Richards attorney had computer trouble and couldn’t finish the paper work. My question is why when a mans life is on the line, would you wait until the last minute to file an appeal? Had Judge Keller allowed the attorney to file the appeal, even if only 20 minutes late, it would’ve set a atrocious example and allowing the state of Texas to appear weak and allow other criminals to feel as though it is ok to commit crimes. Now that being said, I’m also in favor of criminals being treated equal to other criminals committing similar crimes, so if a similar situation occurred, I would expect Keller to do the same thing no matter what race, age, or gender. I would hope that people start to take the slogan “Don’t Mess with Texas” more seriously. Just driving down the highway to work, you might see the slogan on the bumpers of vehicles further proving the literal since in “Don’t Mess with Texas.