1. Austin American Statesman, Thursday Sep. 19
2. Category: Justice System
3. Level: State
4. Article Concerns: The fairness of the death penalty
5. This article affects families because working with lower socioeconomic families, There could be families whose parent is in the judicial system.
6. This article is a huge deal because Texas is among the leaders of states who execute, and there isa likelihood   that we could work with a family that is effected with this. I agree that there needs to be more fairness when determining if a person should die for their crime. As of now, the system that Texas has could be seen as very confusing for a jury. For example, Texas does not determine mental retardation, which is left up to determination by a jury, leaving it open to inconsistencies. Its things like this that make me question our state's judicial system.