richard deiter. guest: well, certainly, you know, crimes are committed by blacks. crimes are committed by whites. you know, there's no denying this terrible crime out there. i think the caller is raising concerns about mistakes or even prosecutorial misconduct in death penalty cases. one of the problems with the death penalty is you can't take it back when you've carried out that execution. and we do sometimes find that politics or race or even simply wrongful convictions through misidentification sweep into death penalty cases. i mean, these are emotional cases are. we want a conviction. sometimes it's wrong. so an irrevocable punishment is at risk. host: who comments for you on twitter. guest: what's happening in texas is phenomenal. they have had fewer executions, fewer death sentences. that's the capital of capital punishment. and the writer says, you know, it may be medieval. the rest of the world is moving away from capital punishments. not just the united states. i think there's certainly something going on. it's something that doesn't fit well, the death pe