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I don't think shaking a baby to death should be punished by death, even if it were intentional. Murder of a single individual in general in the US is not usuall
by Davidzheng 2y ago
I don't think shaking a baby to death should be punished by death, even if it were intentional. Murder of a single individual in general in the US is not usually punished by death even in Texas right?
- adrianmonk 2y agoYou're right that there are qualifiers. Multiple murders is one of them, but there are others: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Texas#Capital_crimes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Texas#Ca... In this case, it's presumably because the (supposed) murder victim was under 15.
- thaumasiotes 2y agoThe general scheme doesn't make a lot of sense; there is no deterrent value in punishing someone for killing their own child. The punishment is that their child dies; nothing you can do will compare to that.