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Why didn't Selena's killer get the death penalty?


Seriously, is there some sick criminal apologist who doesn't think she deserves the death penalty?

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Sexism perhaps?

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No.

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It did not qualify under either of the four criteria of a Death Penalty Eligible Capital Offense in the state of Texas:

he only crime for which the death penalty can be assessed is capital murder. The Texas Penal Code specifically defines capital murder as murder which involves one or more of the following aggravating factors: murder of an on-duty officer or firefighter, in the course of committing or attempting to commit a certain felony offense; murder for remuneration, while escaping or attempting to escape a penal institution, while incarcerated with a qualifying factor; murder of an individual under ten years of age; or murder of a person in retaliation for, or on account of, the service or status of the other person as a judge or justice of any court. The right to plead insanity was not granted until 1991, meaning beforehand, mentally unstable peoples accused of murder were put to death.[13]

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What's up Duck,how are ya?

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???

We've conversed on these forums before? Your username rings a bell not.

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She def should have!

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Because Selena wasn't white.

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Probably because they couldn't prove the murder was premeditated.
That's almost always a requirement for the death penalty in most states.





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