State Rep. Dutton Renews Uphill Fight to Abolish the Death Penalty
Style Magazine Newswire | 2/3/2017, 3:27 p.m.
State Rep. Harold Dutton
Source: Houston Public Media
Texas is set to carry out its second execution of the year this week, barring a last minute reprieve. There are another seven planned by July. The use of the death penalty has been on the decline in Texas in recent years. But one state representative from Houston has made it his mission to end it all together. State Rep. Harold Dutton offered his first bill to abolish the death penalty in 2003. He’s filed at least one bill to that end every legislative session since.
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