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Among the many year-end statistics, one of the most startling is that more than 60 percent of the American death penalty executions in 2007 took place in Texas. Mainers can take pride in the fact that their state hasn't had an execution since it hanged three murderers in 1887.
Throughout most of the country, governors, judges and prosecutors have increasingly turned against capital punishment. In Texas, the culture has generally supported the death penalty, as well as the prompt imposition of execution.See the full content of this document
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Death and Texas
Some writers have explained the high number of Texas executions by citing its high murder rate: 5.9 per 100,000 of p...
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