Doolittle's husband Jeff was murdered in his driveway by a known gang member. Eddie Johnson has been on death row for two years for killing Doolittle. Doolittle says Johnson got a fair trial and is getting many appeals. She says he's getting more of a chance to defend himself than her husband did. The judges have looked at it.
Families say the system does work and defendants are being executed to pay for their crimes.
So while defense attorneys say the system is unjust, victims' families say the injustice would be to halt executions. Governor W. Bush has rejected criticism of the state's capital murder system saying no innocent person has been executed in Texas during his administration.