Because Texas is one of the most heavily populated states in the country, I am not shocked that Texas ranks number one in the number of prisoners. Texas has more inmates than California who has a larger population than our state. The prisons in Texas are very overcrowded. Texas is one of the states in the country that imposes the death penalty. The state reserves the death penalty to those who commit criminal homicide such as murdering a peace officer, firefighter, murder for hire and murder of murder of a child under the age of 6. According to our textbook, the state of Texas has executed 470 inmates convicted of murder from 1982- the middle of 2011. The number of executions has declined per year. I believe that the system isn't working as
