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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - In Texas, the state that leads the nation in executions, lawmakers are considering an option already available in all but one other death penalty state: life without parole.
Death penalty opponents think a sentence that would ensure murderers never get back on the streets would make a death sentence less appealing. Currently, juries in Texas capital murder cases here have two choices — death or life in prison with the possibility of parole after 40 years.
A measure approving life without parole passed the Senate last month but has stalled in the House, with the session set to end May 30.
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