Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

Texas is too needle happy

Texas is too needle happy

Jake Mireles, Opinion Editor February 21, 2023

In the state of Texas, which has a reputation for being a small government safe haven, serious governmental overreach is occurring. Ever since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976, Texas has led the...

Tristan Ipock, The Paisano

UTSA professors discuss Texas death penalty in light of Supreme Court ruling

Taiwo Adepoju April 12, 2017

Texas maintains the ability to use the death penalty, but must adopt a more modern standard following an overturned death sentence by the U.S. Supreme Court. “Texas is always going to support the death...

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