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Austin judge did NOT sentence man to death for having marijuana

By W. Gardner Selby December 22, 2014

Flawed claims connected to Texas can pop up almost anywhere.

For instance, our No. 10 most-read story of 2014 was a debunking of a Facebook post saying an Austin judge had sentenced a man to death upon his third conviction for possessing a small amount of marijuana.

Again, this wasn't correct:

After we spotted this claim, we deemed it too silly to run through the Truth-O-Meter. But we did talk to two Texas attorneys; each one said such a sentence isn’t possible under state law.

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