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3. Texas became the last of the death penalty states

Wed Dec 21, 2016, 07:57 AM

Dec 2016

to approve life without parole in September 2005, after Harris County prosecutors dropped their opposition to the change. The law applies only to offenders convicted of capital murder. ... The change has led to fewer death sentences in Texas and nationwide.

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Nearly-400-capital-murder-convicts-get-life-2299362.php

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