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The use of the death penalty has risen sharply in the United States, with more executions in 2025 than any year since 2009. It is a cruel and unjust development.

Christopher Preciado is on trial for capital murder in San Antonio, accused by police of killing a pregnant woman, her boyfriend, and their unborn child.

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