Posted on 11/13/2026 11:36:08 AM PST by DFG
Legislation filed by Democrat State Rep. John Bucy this week would abolish the death penalty in Texas.
Current Texas law allows the death penalty or life without parole for defendants convicted of capital felonies when prosecutors seek a death sentence.
House Bill 387 would require life in prison without parole for defendants convicted of capital felonies committed at age 18 or older. Those who committed the offense before turning 18 would receive life imprisonment.
The legislation would also remove procedures specific to the death penalty from the Code of Criminal Procedure, including provisions governing jury selection, sentencing, and the appointment of attorneys in capital cases.
The proposal would apply to criminal cases pending, on appeal, or initiated on or after its effective date, regardless of when the underlying offense occurred. Convictions already final when the law takes effect would remain unchanged.
If enacted, HB 387 would take effect September 1, 2027, or immediately with approval from two-thirds of each chamber.
I’m not sure the legal profession would tolerate that.
Trying to protect their own?
They have no problem at all with the death penalty for the unborn yet, though!
I doubt many care as long as they get paid.
When their clients get the chair, the money stops.
Democrat human scum spitting on the body of Jocelyn Nungaray.
You can’t hate sh*tlibs enough.
Only for non-white conservatives.
Democrats do not care about innocent human life.
The philosophical reason for this is, there is no right or wrong. There is no basis for the laws we have on the books they’re just the result of belief in some hokey religion that is holier than thou. They are aiming at anarchy.
It’s not a “penalty”. It’s justice. The most efficient way justice is carried out is if the intended victim can get the upper hand and subdue or eliminate the perpetrator.
Communist RATS: kill every baby they see and never met a tax they didn’t like.
And how does this affect the price of gas and groceries?
I’m beginning to believe our whole nation-wide election was usurped, controlled and corrupted by a Chinese AI attack
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