Supreme Court Roundup: Justices Hear Oral Arguments on Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Cruel and Unusual Punishment; Defend Positions on Stays deathpenaltyinfo.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from deathpenaltyinfo.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Harris County, Texas, is the death penalty capital of the country. In most cases resulting in a death sentence in the past 20 years, appointed defense lawyers failed to uncover potentially life-saving evidence, the report found.