The Texas Democratic Party has adopt­ed an his­toric par­ty plat­form that con­tains a num­ber of death penal­ty reform rec­om­men­da­tions, includ­ing a call for leg­is­la­tors to enact a mora­to­ri­um on exe­cu­tions, to ban the exe­cu­tion of juve­nile offend­ers and the men­tal­ly ill, and to con­sid­er adopt­ing a life with­out paroles sen­tence in Texas. More than 1,700 atten­dees at the Democratic Party’s state con­ven­tion signed a res­o­lu­tion call­ing for the mora­to­ri­um, sur­pass­ing the 30% sig­na­ture thresh­old required to bring a mea­sure before the full vot­ing body. That vot­ing block over­whelm­ing­ly sup­port­ed the rec­om­men­da­tions and added the mea­sures to the final par­ty plat­form. (2004 Texas Democratic Party Playform, June 19, 2004) Read the Texas Democratic Party Platform.

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