Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Larry Meyers questioned the fairness of life-without-parole in the Texas corrections system.
Meyers told the Austin-American Statemesman “I’m not saying the death penalty is unconstitutional. I think right now it’s about as fair as it could be.”
Meyers also told the Statesman, “There are two variations of the death penalty; one is just longer than the other. People are getting a [life without parole] death sentence without the same safeguards and procedures that you get when there is a death sentence.”
His opponent in the November election, Mary Lou Keel, said policy questions are best left to the legislature – not the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
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