Current Texas Law Limits the Application of the Criminal Solicitation

question 38

Essay

Current Texas law limits the application of the criminal solicitation statute to capital felonies and felonies of the first degree.Anecdotal evidence suggests that virtually all criminal solicitation prosecutions involve solicitation of murder or capital murder.Should the criminal solicitation statute be expanded to cover the solicitation of any felony offense? Why or why not?

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