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Texas has not sentenced anyone to death in 2015

  • By Sarah Craft
  • July 7, 2015

While Texas may seem like an outlier in the national trend away from the death penalty, even the Lone Star State is turning away from the antiquated, broken system.

For the first time in more than 20 years, no jury in the previous 6-month period has imposed the death penalty.

Read the full story in the Dallas Morning News’s Blog

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Sarah Craft

Sarah Craft was EJUSA's Death Penalty Director. She worked with EJUSA’s state partners all over the country to develop winning strategies for their campaigns.

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