Court of Criminal Appeals ends death penalty hearing

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued a ruling Tuesday putting a halt to an unprecedented hearing in a Harris County trial court on whether the state’s death penalty law is unconstitutional.

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Appeals court orders stay in death penalty hearing

A Texas appeals court late Tuesday called a halt to the extraordinary hearing on the constitutionality on the death penalty in Texas heard over the past two days in a Harris County trial court. But that was after the judge in the case heard from two expert witnesses about problems associated with prosecuting capital offenses.

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Harris County prosecutors “stand mute” in death penalty hearing

Perhaps the biggest news from the first day of a hearing on the constitutionality of the Texas death penalty is that prosecutors from Harris County — once known for sending more people to death row than any other jurisdiction in the country — have chosen to take no active role in the proceedings.

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