USA - Texas. The Senate voted to pass a bill that would expand the death penalty

The Senate voted 28-2 to pass a bill that would expand the state death penalty. Those who murder a child up through the age of 10 would face the death penalty in Texas. The measure by Sen. Joan Huffman, R-Houston, would raise the age of a child - from the current 6 to 10 years old - that would trigger a capital offense under the state's penal code. The legislation now goes to the House. Texas currently has the youngest age limit for defining a capitol offense in the murder of a child. Most states classify a child's murder as a capital crime under the age of 12, although Wyoming sets the threshold at age 17. Huffman said her legislation would bring Texas more in line with other states when it comes to determining whether a child killer should be subject to the death penalty.