Death penalty in Texas
The Texas Criminal Justice system can make reforms on the death penalty application altogether. This is because there are some permissible circumstances for the application of the charge, which are not reasonable at all, thus rendering it ineffective. There are various clauses under the death penalty that do not make sense at all. For instance, one of the situations or rather circumstances in which the death penalty may necessitate the changes are regarding its application on the murder of an officer on duty (Stearman, 2007).
In this case, some reforms should be made on the specific conditions that should be substantial for the case of the murder of a police officer. One of the changes that should be made is that the death penalty should not be applied to the perpetrator in case the murdered officer served as a threat to national security. In this case, the murder should be treated as a way of maximizing beneficence rather than being taken as a capital offense.
On the other hand, it can also be argued that the application of the death penalty by the criminal justice system of Texas should not be reformed as its current application is rational. For instance, the application of the charge when one murders an innocent soul, that is, a child who is below the age of 10, is reasonable (Stearman, 2007). Besides, the application of the charge to someone who commits a felony offense, such as robbery with violence, is also considered to be sound and wise. To this end, it can, therefore, be stated that the application of the death penalty should not be amended or reformed as most of its provisions are reasonable and rational.