Texas · Texas Code of Criminal Procedure
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. § 43.16: TAKEN TO DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
What this law says, in plain English
This statute prescribes the procedural duty of a sheriff to transport a condemned person to the Department of Corrections upon receipt of a death warrant and the compensation the sheriff receives for this service.
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