Use of the death penalty in Texas stayed at a historically low level in 2022. But an advocacy group against the practice warns—that’s not the whole story.

According to a new report from the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, two people were sentenced to death this year. Eight execution dates were set, the lowest number since 1996, and five people were actually put to death.

Still, Texas was one of just six states to carry out an execution in 2022. And while death sentences and executions remain comparatively low, TCADP says the data reveals a troubling trend about the fairness, and effectiveness, of the death penalty overall.

“The application of the death penalty continues to be so random, and so arbitrary, we’re calling it a lethal lottery,” said Kristin Houlé Cuellar, executive director of TCADP. “We have people committing very similar crimes receiving vastly different punishments.”

Cuellar added that the organization believes many people on death row wouldn’t be there if convicted today, due to a declining use of the practice statewide.

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