THE GOVERNOR
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Office of the Governor
Appointments made July 9, 1998
To be appointed to the COUNCIL ON SEX OFFENDER TREATMENT pursuant to House Bill 
2699, 75th Legislature, Regular Session: for a term to expire 2-1-99: Kristy M. 
Carr, 5604 Southwest Parkway, 2231, Austin, Texas 78735; For a term to expire 2-
1-01: Officer David Swinson, Jr., P.O. Box 97, Hewitt, Texas 76643; For a term 
to expire 2-1-03: Liles Arnold, 3720 Chaparral Road, Plano, Texas 75074.
To be appointed to the TEXAS STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY 
THERAPISTS for a term to expire February 1, 2001: Waymon Ray Hinson, Ph.D., 810 
Canyon Court, Abilene, Texas. Dr. Hinson will be filling the unexpired term of 
Anna Beth Benningfield of Dallas who resigned.
To be appointed to the UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS BOARD OF REGENTS for a term to 
expire May 22, 1999: Roy Gene Evans, 3301 St. Johns Dallas, Texas 75205. Mr. 
Evans will be filling the unexpired term of Topsy Wright of Grand Prairie who is 
deceased.
Filed July 10, 1998
TRD-9811002

PROCLAMATION 41-2726
THE STATE OF TEXAS EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, AUSTIN, TEXAS:
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS MAY COME:
WHEREAS, HENRY LEE LUCAS, EXECUTION NUMBER 799, was convicted on or about May 
28, 1985 of the Crime of Capital Murder, a Capital Felony, in the cause styled 
and numbers: State of Texas v. Henry Lee Lucas, Cause Number 13,890-B in the 
199th Judicial District Court of Tom Green County, Texas, on a Change of Venue 
from Williamson County, Texas. He was thereafter sentenced to Death and the 
Mandate of the Court of Criminal Appeals was entered July 13, 1990: and
WHEREAS, the Board of Pardons and Paroles has recommended the commutation of 
sentence from Death to a lesser penalty in the Institutional Division of the 
Texas Department of Criminal Justice; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Pardons and Paroles has also recommended a reprieve of 270 
days.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, George W. Bush, Governor of the State of Texas, by virtue of 
the authority vested in me under the Constitution and laws of the State of 
Texas, and acting upon the recommendation of the Board of Pardons and Paroles 
dated June 25, 1998, do hereby Commute the sentence imposed in the above styled 
and numbered cause, of the said Henry Lee Lucas, from Death to Life Imprisonment 
in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice;
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that punishment under this Commutation of Sentence from 
Death to Life Imprisonment shall begin when the judgements and sentences in all 
of the following enumerated convictions have ceased to operate against this 
defendant:
Style: State of Texas v. Henry Lee Lucas
Cause No: B-8832
Court: 242nd Judicial District Court of Hale County, Texas
Sentence: Life Imprisonment
Style: State of Texas v. Henry Lee Lucas
Cause No: 18,475-C
Court: 211th Judicial District Court of Denton County, Texas
Sentence: Life Imprisonment
Style: State of Texas v. Henry Lee Lucas
Cause No: 17,001
Court: 284th Judicial District Court of Montgomery County, Texas
Sentence: Life Imprisonment
Style: State of Texas v. Henry Lee Lucas
Cause No: 17,002
Court: 284th Judicial District Court of  Montgomery County, Texas
Sentence: Life Imprisonment
Style: State of Texas v. Henry Lee Lucas
Cause No: 14,405
Court: 86th Judicial District Court of Kaufman County, Texas
Sentence: Life Imprisonment
FURTHER, I do not concur with the recommendation of the Board of Pardons and 
Paroles dated June 25, 1998 for a reprieve, therefore IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that 
no reprieve shall be granted to the said Henry Lee Lucas.
I THEREBY DIRECT that a copy of this proclamation be filed in the office of the 
Secretary of State.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and caused the Seal of the 
State of Texas to be impressed hereon, this the 26th day of June, A.D., 1998. 
George W. Bush, Governor
ATTEST: Albert R. Gonzales, Secretary of State.
TRD-9810700