In 2005, the Texas Leg created Life Without Parole as the 'other option' in a Capital Murder case. Thought at the time as a way to divert those destined for the needle away to something more 'humane', Texas is finding out that their humanitarian efforts are more costly, and less humanitarian. There's just no pleasing some people.
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Nearly-400-capital-murder-convicts-get-life-2299362.php
Prosecutors began discussing this issue back in 2005 on their TDCAA forums website: http://tdcaa.infopop.net/4/OpenTopic?a=tpc&s=347098965&f=157098965&m=370105769
You'll notice I stole Shannon Edmonds line about pleasing people from his first post.
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