Could the mass murderer get the death penalty?

[raccoon]

Texas administers the death penalty a lot.

[DURHAM D]

1. Trump will pardon him soon. nt

[uponit7771]

20. +1,

[MineralMan]

22. Trump can only pardon for federal crimes.

A conviction in a Texas court is out of his reach.

[DURHAM D]

23. Really????

I had no idea.

[LonePirate]

2. He's white so it seems unlikely.

[Skittles]

6. do you think white people in Texas don't get the death penalty?

[mr_lebowski]

12. Outside of serial killers (and this a mass murderer, not a serial killer) my bet is ... not often ..

I take it back ...

Probably child predator/murderers as well.

Oh, and people already on parole for killing someone before.

Actually, also people who kill people while robbing banks or homes as well ...

However, I'd be surprised if a mass shooting white guy, esp w/no significant criminal record, has ever been exec'd in Texas.

[Skittles]

16. you can check

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_executed_in_Texas,_2010%E2%80%93

here is an example of googling one of them:

https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/perfect-execution/

[susanr516]

11. This is Texas

My state is happy to execute anybody.

[dalton99a]

13. 59 out of 220 people on death row in Texas are white

[MicaelS]

17. You do not know Texas.

We are an equal opportunity execution state.

[uponit7771]

18. +1,

[TreasonousBastard]

3. Depends on the local jurisdiction, but I doubt any DA will take it off the table here.

[jmowreader]

4. Definitely

But that's what happens when you kill twenty people in a state that's known for loving them some frontier justice.

[dalton99a]

5. He will get the death penalty.

[customerserviceguy]

27. If his public defender cannot come up with an insanity defense, he will indeed.

Hopefully, Mommy and Daddy aren't going to waste a nickel on a hired attorney.

[melman]

7. He will for sure

[Kurt V.]

8. i hope not. it reinforces the beliefs of future murderers that killing is a viable alternative.

[sarisataka]

9. He could

I would oppose that

[Midnight Writer]

10. Can't he just show his Q-anon credentials to the judge?

[Bettie]

14. By the end of the week, he'll probably be

next in line for some position at the White House.

[Ilsa]

15. I would vote for the death penalty for this one.

He's not a martyr. I'd rather not give him the chance to spew more hateful ideology from prison.

One person shot was a 4 month old baby.

[dalton99a]

19. There will be a lot of victim impact statements at sentencing

The scale of death and suffering in this case is unprecedented for Texas

[NRaleighLiberal]

21. He'll get a Medal of Freedom from the stochastic terrorist in the WH

[AncientGeezer]

24. Fast track to the DP...this idiot is a gonner

[Hekate]

25. I want it stopped, & the death penalty won't prevent another mass shooting...

....and another, and another in this godforsaken country.

So I really don't care if he gets killed too or if they just throw away the key.

[lame54]

26. In Texas it's handed down before the verdict

[customerserviceguy]

28. Like Ron White (from the Blue Collar Comedy Tour) says

Some states are tryin' to get rid of the death penalty, my state's put in an express lane!

[lunatica]

29. George W Bush loved it when he was governor of Texas.

He even giggled about it.

[dalton99a]

30. Ann Richards presided over 48 executions.

This is Texas.

Patrick Crusius will die, and he knows it.