Capital Punishment in TexasRecently, on February 27, 2014, there was evidence of a possible execution of an innocent man in Texas. Todd Willingham was convicted of setting fire to his home and killing members of his family in 1991 and was executed in 2004. Prison informant Johnny Webb, states in his testimony that this case "was actually based on a agreement and on a false statement... the system cannot be regulated" ... You cannot prevent the execution of an innocent person." Willingham's stepmother is “thrilled that all this has come to light… [and] isn't asking for compensation” but “justice” (Schwartz 1). Cases like these have caused conflicting controversies when it comes to capital punishment. Since ancient times, capital punishment has been widely used by governments to promote the idea of ​​due process and justice. Examples of capital punishment implemented in ancient history are the Code of King Hammaurabi of Babylon, which codified the death penalty for twenty-five different crimes, and the Roman Law of the Twelve Tables of the 5th century BC (Introduction to the Death Penalty 1). Capital punishment is a little different today in Texas. Originally in Texas, death sentences were carried out by counties by hanging. The situation began to change in 1923, when the state ordered that executions begin to be carried out using electric chairs (Carson 1). According to the news site The Guardian, Texas is currently the state with the highest number of executions since 1976. Discussions and debates have raged within the state with pros and cons. Deborah White, author of About.com, states that capital punishment "achieves punishment on behalf of the victims." He also specifies an argument against capital punishment by saying... middle of paper... punishment (deter) what am I going to do, hide them?" This shows how effective capital punishment is in terms of preventing murders. This is especially true for Texas In 2009, two dozen convicted murderers were executed, with a monthly decline of between 0.5 and 2.5 murders after each execution. "There is evidence of modest short-term reductions in the number of murders in Texas in the next or subsequent month. to executions,” we read in an issue of Criminology, the journal of the American Society of Criminology (ABC 1). This piece of evidence suggests that capital punishment has a positive outlook on social responsibility by reducing homicides in Texas. If you look at the numbers, Texas has fewer homicides than its neighboring states: New Mexico, Louisiana and Oklahoma. This is largely due to the fact that Texas has carried out the highest number of executions since then 1976.