Texas accounts for half of executions in US – but now has doubts over death row

Reported by guardian.co.uk on Sunday, 15 November 2009 (on November 15, 2009)

Overturned convictions and growth of DNA forensic evidence shake state's rock-solid faith in capital punishmentEven in Texas they are having their doubts. The state that executes more people than any..

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