of Michael Dukakis, who was portrayed by Republicans as soft on crime. Bill Clinton's critics from the anti-capital punishment sector have seen the case of Rector as an unpleasant example of what they view as Clinton's cynical careerism. The writer Christopher Hitchens, in particular, devotes much of a chapter of his book on Clinton, No One Left to Lie To, for what he regards as the immorality of the then Democratic candidate's decision to condone, and take political advantage of, Rector's execution. Hitchens argues that among other actions, Clinton was attempting to deflect attention from the ongoing Gennifer Flowers sex scandal. See also Capital punishment in Arkansas Capital punishment in the United States List of people executed in Arkansas References 1950 births 1992 deaths 1981 murders in the United States 20th-century executions by Arkansas American people executed for murdering police officers Executed African-American people People convicted of murder by Arkansas People executed by Arkansas by lethal injection People from Conway, Arkansas 20th-century executions of American people People with traumatic brain injuries 20th-century American criminals American male criminals Lobotomised people