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You'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#Capita

You'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 ago
The 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.