A Dec. 26, 2007, New York Times story, “At 60% of Total, Texas is Bucking Execution Trend,” shows how the decline in executions in most states has made Texas the modern-day capital of capital punishment. As the story notes, “For the first time in the modern history of the death penalty, more than 60 percent of all American executions took place in Texas.”
| Website | http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/26/us/26death.html?_r=1&hp |
| Categories | Beliefs & practices, Church & state, Crime & punishment, Ethics, Government & politics, Law & courts, Race & ethnicity |
| Locations | Texas, United States of America |
| Languages | English |