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90 life sentences...
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/shooter-who-killed-23-texas-walmart-sentenced-90-life-terms-2023-07-07/
How did he avoid the death penalty in Texas?
Seems about white.
Its because this was the federal case not the state case, nothing to do with his race. Very rarely does the federal goverment pursue capital charges when a plea deal has been made. Texas is pursuing the death penalty afaik.