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1. deathpenaltyinfo.org › facts-and-research › dpicThe Future of the Death Penalty in the U.S.: A Texas-Sized ...

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   May 1, 1994 · With over 70 executions since 1976 and close to 400 other people waiting on death row, Texas has likely spent several hundred million dollars on the death penalty, far more than it would have if there were no death penalty and people were sentenced to life imprisonment.

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2. tcadp.org › get-informed › texas-death-penalty-factsTexas Death Penalty Facts - TCADP

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   New death sentences in Texas have decreased precipitously since peaking in 1999, when juries sentenced 48 people to death. Death sentences have remained in the single digits for the past nine years. In 2023, juries in Texas sent three new people to death row.

3. thehill.com › opinion › criminal-justiceEven in Texas, the death penalty is dying - The Hill

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   Dec 18, 2023 · In 2023, Texas had many fewer death sentences and executions than in the recent past, but its death penalty system continued to be plagued by arbitrariness, discrimination and cruelty.

4. deathpenaltyinfo.org › stories › why-is-texas-1Why is Texas #1 Executions? - Death Penalty Information Center

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   There are many legal and cultural explanations for why Texas executes far more people than any other state and is doing so at a pace that has no parallel in the modern era of the death penalty in the U.S. What follows is a summary of the analyses. Texas has become ground zero for capital punishment. Between 1976 (when the Supreme Court lifted ...

5. www.pressreader.com › usa › el-paso-timesWhy the pace of executions has flatlined in Texas - PressReader

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   Dec 18, 2023 · In Texas, 31 condemned inmates were taken off death row because of sentence reductions or overturned conviction­s. That’s actually higher than the number of inmates executed since that time, 28. Texas’ drop-off in executions mirrors the national trend.

6. www.texastribune.org › 2023/01/26 › texas-death-rowLawsuit: Texas death row conditions are “cruel, inhumane and ...

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   Jan 26, 2023 · In Texas, the prisoners complain the isolating conditions on death row violate the U.S. Constitution’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.

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   What happened in Texas in 2023?

   • In 2023, juries in Texas sent three new people to death row. In two other capital cases, jurors rejected the death penalty and the defendants were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. On January 31, 2024, a Hidalgo County jury sentenced Victor Godinez to death after deliberating for nearly 12 hours.

   Texas Death Penalty Facts – TCADP

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   Are Texas' death penalty problems unique?

   • But Texas’s death penalty problems are certainly not unique. Many states with large death rows have also been plagued by prosecutorial misconduct, innocent defendants sentenced to death, racism in the application of justice, inadequate representation, and the high costs of the death penalty.

   The Future of the Death Penalty in the U.S.: A Texas-Sized Crisis

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   Did Texas have a death penalty in 2023?

   • In 2023, Texas had many fewer death sentences and executions than in the recent past, but its death penalty system continued to be plagued by arbitrariness, discrimination and cruelty. During 2023, Texas was one of just five states to carry out an execution. It put eight people to death this year.

   Even in Texas, the death penalty is dying   

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   How much money has Texas spent on the death penalty?

   • With over 70 executions since 1976 and close to 400 other people waiting on death row, Texas has likely spent several hundred million dollars on the death penalty, far more than it would have if there were no death penalty and people were sentenced to life imprisonment.

   The Future of the Death Penalty in the U.S.: A Texas-Sized Crisis

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   Why is death row so big in Texas?

   • Because of the number of people on Texas’ death row and the rate at which those people are now being processed for execution, the problem in Texas is more acute than in other places. But the size of the national death row is also increasing rapidly: at

   The Future of the Death Penalty in the U.S.: A Texas-Sized Crisis

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   Does Texas have a crisis in death penalty representation?

   • National Implications: The Crisis in Representation The crisis in death penalty representation is starting to spread to other death penalty states as well. Because of the number of people on Texas’ death row and the rate at which those people are now being processed for execution, the problem in Texas is more acute than in other places.

   The Future of the Death Penalty in the U.S.: A Texas-Sized Crisis

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8. deathpenaltyinfo.org › stories › a-state-of-denialA State of Denial: Texas Justice and the Death Penalty

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   Oct 15, 2024 · In this Chapter, we set forth a preliminary introduction to the Texas death penalty system: the death row population, the procedure by which people are sentenced to death, and the outlines of the torturous path of post-conviction appeals.