You can get the death penalty in Texas at age 17
Nope
In the United States, the minimum age for the death penalty is 18 years old at the time the crime was committed.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the 2005 case Roper v. Simmons that executing individuals who were under the age of 18 when they committed their crimes violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.
He can get life in prison and this is a no nonsense judge that would give it to him.