Which of the following best describes capital punishment in Texas?
A) The number of prisoners executed in Texas has been slowly decreasing since the 1970s.
B) Texas has both the highest rate of executions and the highest rate of successful death sentence appeals in the nation.
C) Texas executes more individuals than any other state and has a statistically low rate of successfully appealed capital cases.
D) The number of executions in Texas is double the number of executions in every other state combined.
E) Texas has had more death penalty cases overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court than any other state.

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Texas carries out the most executions of any state in the US, and has a relatively low rate of successfully appealed capital cases. However, the number of prisoners executed has fluctuated over time, and is not consistently decreasing (option A is incorrect). While Texas does have a high rate of successful death sentence appeals, it is not the highest in the nation (option B is incorrect). The claim in option D is false, as other states have also carried out executions. Similarly, it is not true that Texas has had the most death penalty cases overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court (option E is incorrect).

Which of the Following Best Describes Capital Punishment in Texas