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More From the Dallas Morning News on the Texas Death Penalty

By Steve Hall

The editorial, "Doubts about the death penalty emerging in Texas," ran in the December 23 edition of the News. In the past, Texas has appeared unwavering in its support for the death penalty. Even as other states explored alternatives or abolished capital punishment altogether, Texas was resolute. But new numbers tell a different story, suggesting that doubt is creeping into the state's psyche. While Texas is still No. 1 with a bullet, carrying out more than twice as many executions as any other state, the number of new death sentences has plummeted. In 2010, only eight Texas juries sentenced someone to die ? a record low since capital punishment was reinstated in 1976. Compare that with 1999, when 48 juries in our state handed down death sentences...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 03, 2011 (boomark / email).