Chapter One: How Many Juvenile Offenders Did He Execute? 

America distinguishes itself  from the developed world by executing juvenile offenders, and Texas leads America and (per capita) the world in juvenile executions.  This chapter details several disturbing cases in which juvenile offenders were executed by Gov. Bush despite their youth at the time of the crime, and despite extreme extenuating circumstances. 

Joseph John Cannon was executed despite childhood brain damage and a clinical diagnosis of schizophrenia. 

Glenn Charles McGinnis was quite possibly singled out for execution due to his race (black) and sexual orientation (gay).  There was also evidence of a terribly destructive childhood; Mr. McGinnis was reared by a prostitute and spent much of his childhood in and out of reform schools and foster homes. 

Robert Anthony Carter was executed despite evidence of multiple head injuries sustained as a child at the hands of his parents and siblings.  Although Mr. Carter was an ideal, cooperative, and peaceful inmate for many years on death row, he also was executed by George W. Bush.