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Wed Dec-01-10 09:54 PM
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Death penalty may be ruled unconstitutional in Texas

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Source: Huffington Post

WASHINGTON -- At a hearing scheduled for Monday, December 6, a district court in Texas will decide whether the death penalty is unconstitutional in the state based on the disproportionately high risk of wrongful convictions in Texas. This is the first time in the state's history that a court will examine the problem of innocent people being executed in a Texas capital trial.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/01/death-penalty-may-be-rule_n_790705.html

Texas seems to be having problems with wrongfully convicting people because of improper or incompetent representation, faulty forensics, and many other reasons.

This may actually shut down the DP in Texas for a while.

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