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Texas Tallies 60% of Executions

Capital punishment in decline elsewhere

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 26, 2007 4:47 AM CST

(Newser) – As the rest of the country backed away from applying the death penalty in 2007, Texas kept up its customary pace, making the state responsible for an astounding 60% of all executions in the US. Of last year's 42 executions, 26 were in Texas, the...   Read full story »

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