PSY 3101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: The Killing Machine, Huntsville Unit
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Nov 17 video death row in texas. Working in jails like making uniforms for guards and other inmates. Less appeals due to faster death (less time in jail/death row and faster to execution) Most appeal, some accept their sentence: example of jow, he killed someone and he thought he should be killed. Avg time on death row is 9 years. Huntsville prison is the largest in texas. 1997 texas had 25 execution (new record for # of execution per year) 2005 new law that states teenagers cant be executed. Video: capital punishment the killing machine texas death row . In texas, one of few states that still have capital punishment (cp) Either walk of death row and get community sentence/die. Huntsville = capital of prisoners of texas. Violent assaults and murder occur on death row.