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This article talks about how the death penalty is declining in Texas due to rulings by the Supreme Court. The rulings limit what crimes may result in the death penalty, and who may be punished. For example, the Supreme Court ruled that anyone under the age of 18 may not receive the death penalty. This has had a big impact on the decline of the death penalty in Texas, because Texas used to lead the nation in sentencing minors to the death penalty prior to the ruling. The death penalty is in decline, but it is nowhere near being abolished in the Lone Star state.

Link: http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/10/texas-death-penalty-executions/382057/