Suspect planned ex-priest's killing for weeks

AP via the Houston Chronicle:

"No question he had been planning (the attack) for well over a month," Conte said of Druce, who he said has been very cooperative with investigators.

Gov. Mitt Romney today appointed a panel to conduct an independent investigation into the death.

"We cannot escape the fact that an inmate died while in the care of the Department of Correction," state Public Safety Secretary Ed Flynn said.

Druce, 37, a reputed member of the neo-Nazi group Aryan Nation, was convicted in the June 1988 murder of George Rollo, 51, a gay bus driver who had picked Druce up hitchhiking.

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I'm going to go out on a limb here and assert that this murder was allowed to happen.

Our prisons are horrible, violent, despicable places. Murder is commonplace in prison and seemingly most Americans have little sympathy for the victims. Rape is commonplace in prison and Americans joke about it. Racial hatred is encouraged by guards and wardens as a way to keep order. Health care behind bars is a joke. Most convicts leave the penal system as worse criminals than they were when first incarcerated. Our prisons are a clear example of cruel and unusual punishment. In the long term, they harm our society more than they help it.

I know that Geoghan's crimes were appalling, but he was not sentenced to death. This really pisses me off.

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