Claim: In A Charge to Keep, the proceeds of which were kept for business ventures, Bush writes about his decision to grant a stay of execution for Karla Faye Tucker, and some of his politics.
Evidence: The proceeds of the book were donated to charity. The book has been described as containing only few revelations, among them Bush's account of his decision not to grant a stay of execution for Karla Faye Tucker, which he described as affecting him emotionally, contrary to media criticism at the time.