A Texas Senate bill that would have raised the victim age range threshold for capital murder punishment, from 10 years old to 15, failed to reach the governor's desk before the lawmaking session ended Monday.

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Senate Bill 990, seeking to expand capital murder punishment, fails in Texas Legislature

Senate Bill 990, authored by Sen. Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston) and partly in response to the murder of Jocelyn Nungaray, would have raised the victim age threshold for capital punishment from 10 years old to 15.

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