While it is a cause for celebration that the racist Texas imprisonment of most of a small town's African-American population on trumped-up drug charges has finally been reversed.... nothing can rectify imprisoning a race of people for four years in this country. Nothing

I propose that all Texas Republican legislators' pay be cut by whatever is required to reimburse the 12 people freed Monday for time and suffering while imprisoned.

Any Texas Repub in arrears should be tracked down by the Office of Homeland Security, and sent across the Mexican border to serve as day farm laborers at $1 a day until the fines are paid.