Read more Richard C. Dieter stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/19589/richard-c-dieter.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 24 May 2012 06:41:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/14921/texas-tallies-60-of-executions.htmlPeter Fearon<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=57923&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401024101' border='0' />As the rest of the country backed away from applying the death penalty in 2007, Texas kept up its customary pace, making the state responsible for an astounding 60% of all executions in the US. Of last year's 42 executions, 26 were in Texas, the New York Times reports. In...The "death bed" in the death chamber is separated by bars, foreground, from the witness viewing room at the Walls Unit of the Texas Department of Corrections in Huntsville, Texas. The state carries out 60 per cent of the executions in the US.(AP Photo/David J. Phillip, file)http://www.newser.com/story/14921/texas-tallies-60-of-executions.htmlWed, 26 Dec 2007 04:47:36 CST