Texas Led U.S. In Executions In 2023, Report Reveals
A report highlights the continuous failures of the state's capital punishment system, which executed eight people this year despite a declining death row population.
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A report highlights the continuous failures of the state's capital punishment system, which executed eight people this year despite a declining death row population.
A total of 24 people were executed this year, while 21 were sentenced to death.
Executions peaked in 1999 and have been on a mostly unbroken downward trajectory since then with more states ending the use of the death penalty.
David Renteria faces lethal injection in Texas on November 16th for a particularly heinous crime committed in 2001.
David Renteria faces lethal injection in Texas on November 16th for a particularly heinous crime committed in 2001.