central time this evening in atmore, alabama, derrick o'neal mason was executed and no network shiftedverage of the event or even bothered to report it. no coast to coast expressions of outrage. there was no argument over derrick o'neal's guilt or innocence. he confessed and was found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of the execution-style shooting of a convenience store clerk in the store that mason was in the process of robbing. before shooting 25-year-old angela cagle in the face twice, derrick o'neal mason forced her to take off all of her clothes. how am i doing on eliciting your sympathy for derrick o'neal mason? how about outrage over the death penalty? i know what you're thinking, you're thinking he's not the case to use to build outrage over the death penalty. nor is the case of lawrence russell brewer who was executed at 6:21 p.m. central time yesterday in huntsville, texas. he was found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of the 1998 hate crime murder of 49-year-old james bird jr. lawrence, russell brewer and two is had friends chained bird to the back of a pickup truck and dro

if you're outraged at troy davis's execution but weren't bothered by derrick o'neal mason's executione russell brewer last night, then you're sure, you are absolutely sure to find yourself outraged and protesting another execution. maybe not for another year or two. but surely another one will come along where you're convinced that the condemned man or woman is actually innocent or at least had a grocery unfair trial that leaves any reasonable person with reasonable doubt about the guilt of the person to be executed. if you save your outrage for that execution, if that's the next one you're going to protest, then you will probably have troy davis deja vu. the time to fight that next unjust execution that's going to happen in the next year or two is right now. ♪ ♪ [ dog barks ] [ birds chirping ] ♪ [ mechanical breathing ] [ engine turns over ] ♪ [ male announcer ] the all-new volkswagen passat. a new force in the midsize category. ♪ your core competency is...competency. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle...and go. you can even take