Death Row Population at Its Lowest Since 1989
The population on Texas' death row is at its lowest in more than 20 years, and the number of new death sentences, though slightly up in 2012, continues a downward trend even in the nation's busiest death penalty state, according to a report released Wednesday by the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty.
As they have nationally, death sentences in Texas have declined over the last decade. The state has seen a 75 percent drop in death sentences since 2002. And according to the coalition, the Texas death row population, at 289, is at its lowest point since ...
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Steve Cook via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Thats because all the ones who needed to die are dead..
Sam J
The number of blacks and Hispanics sentenced to death for capital murder is cited, but not the number of blacks and Hispanics convicted. Is the percentage sentenced in line with the percentage convicted? Without those numbers then citing the number executed alone is either done intentionally to cause controversy or unintentionally due to poor reporting.