1. Lester Leroy Bower, Jr., on death row for more than 20 years, has had his scheduled July 22 execution postponed. A judge is considering whether or not to examine DNA evidence that may prove his innocence in the murders of four people in a hangar in Sherman. The original case against him, it seems, was largely, if not wholly, circumstantial. Bower is philosophical about his chances. “I told my wife I put in my time and my last words will be: ‘I’m out of here. Adios, people.'” (Mine, if you were wondering: “Avenge me.”)
2. The definition of a slow news day headline: “Mother Nature turns up the heat on North Texas.” Looks like Rudy Bush was the last one in the DMN newsroom to say, “Not it!” In related news, Dave Levinthal just gave a fist bump to a jovial Inuit fella on Baffin Island.
3. I wanna say something. I’m gonna put it out there; if you like it, you can take it, if you don’t, send it right back: I hope these kids get to stay in America, and I don’t really care that they came here illegally.
