The length of his sentence was determined by the statute of limitations on his crime.

Gov. Rick Perry, who appointed this criminal to the bench, recently said that Texas has never executed an innocent person. This may be due to the fact that since Perry has been Governor 117 men on Death Row have been proven through DNA testing to be innocent and have been released.

It is not too late for Governor Perry to issue a Pardon to the guilty party. As the Governor has announced he will not seek another term he has nothing to lose from doing so, but if the guilty party starts singing he could bring down the Republican Party in Texas. He knows, as the saying goes, where all the bodies are buried.

And it is without question that offers for his story will come from those wishing to break the news.

As Republicans are quick to point out in Texas: When you lie down with dogs you wake up with fleas.