Bid to Curb Executions Abandoned After 2 Votes
A bill that supporters hoped would cut the number of executions in Texas by offering the option of life without parole in capital murder cases failed in the state Legislature, officials said.
The proposal was rejected by the Texas House of Representatives on two votes, which led its sponsor, state Rep. Juan Hinojosa, to abandon attempts to get it passed.
Capital murder juries in Texas, which leads the nation in executions, have only two sentencing options if they find the defendant guilty: life in prison with the possibility of parole after 40 years and death by injection.
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