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Life Without Parole Not an Alternative in Texas Capital Cases

By Tom Lincoln

If you ever wondered why Texas has such a bad reputation for being the place where the largest number of persons are sentenced to death, check out what Injustice Anywhere - a blog recently started by a Texas Public Defender - has to say about this: Many people are surprised to learn that Texas does not have a sentence of life without parole. Capital murderers who are not sentenced to death are eligible for parole in 40 years. For a state with a reputation for being so tough on crime, this seems out of character. But, in fact, the biggest opponents of a proposed life without parole option in Texas are not us bleeding-heart, liberal defense attorneys. Nope. It's the big-city DAs and victims' rights groups. Why? Because they worry (probably rightly) that fewer people would get the death penalty if the jury had the option of giving life without parole...continue to full post

Full post as published by Puerto Rico Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers on April 13, 2005 (boomark / email).