Open letter to Mr Craig Watkins, Dallas District Attorney January 16th,2009 Dear Mr Watkins, On November 5th, 2008 I contacted you regarding Robert Jean Hudson, who was scheduled to be executed on November 20th. The nature of my letter was to seek a stay for Mr Hudson on the grounds that his trial and appeals process were far from adequate. Many people from all over the world contacted you for the same reason. However, it appears that our pleas were completely ignored. You did not even acknowledge receipt of my certified mail to you nor did you take the time to let me know whether your administration had reviewed Robert 's case or not. Robert Hudson was needlessly executed, apparently without any consideration for his life or for our fight to save him, leaving me despairing and his daughter fatherless, not to mention taking away the life long friend of many people - a friend who everyone knew had done his upmost to gain mercy through his remarkable efforts regarding personal self development. You have always described yourself as being "deeply conflicted about the death penaly". It would appear that the compassionate justice you were seeking went a.w.o.l when you had the opportunity to excersize your "empathetic" ways. I'm not doubting that when you came into office you were concerned about innocent and re-formed people being executed, and judging by your allocation of personal time to the victims of Mr Sparks (who has recently been sentenced to death at your demand and with your intervention), you do have empathy for innocent people in general. However, and this is the difference between you and a person with "real" compassion and a desire for justice: you allow your political position to rule over your heart by applying compassion as a commodity to exchange with your seniors for a longer term, rather than standing tall and using it as god given virtue to benefit all... But what happened to Robin, Mr Hudson's daughter, and I being comforted by you after our loved one was executed without any consideration for our loss and after being ignored by you in such critical moments? Do you not class us as innocent human beings? If this is the case I'd like you to clarify what we ever did wrong for you to ignore us like you did or not want to comfort us through our loss. I think the reason quite obvious - you made the conscious choice not to do so to remain "respected" by the mob you depend upon for re-instatement. This was politically motivated. Anyway, I hope you have a great new year spending time with your family, after forgetting about the ones you have left behind in the pursuit of developing your political status by ruining the lives of other good human beings without mercy or consideration. Happy New Year Mr Texan of the year ! Chantal Rae - Hudson Please publish it anywhere you deem appropriate. Thank you.