Texas House Panel Considers Bills on Death Penalty Moratorium

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State lawmakers are considering bills to change the state death penalty and alter procedures in capital felony cases. Clarence Brandley, an innocent person who spent ten years on death row in Texas for a crime he did not commit testified Tuesday to the Texas House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee.

One proposal before a state House committee Tuesday would create a commission to study capital punishment and suspend the death sentence until it completes its study.

The committee will also hear testimony on a proposal to amend state law to allow defendants to have separate trials if both are being tried for a capital felony.

A statute known as the law of parties allows a person to be tried for a capital offense and possibly face the death penalty even if they didn't physically commit the crime. The bill authored by state Rep. Harold Dutton, D-Houston, would prohibit death sentences in such cases.

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[ltoperater]

LoL just Execute all the inmates.