Jurors deliberated about two hours before sending Teddrick Batiste, 23, to death row for the capital murder of Horace Holiday, who was gunned down for the rims on his white Cadillac in April 2009.

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[This article is remarkable for several reasons. One, the Houston Chronicle didn't paste in its usual comments about the death penalty ("Harris County is DP capital of world" or "DP is dwindling" or "D proclaims innocence"). The article is written as straight reporting. Second, the jury took little time to impose the DP. Third, the article avoids diverting attention from the facts by not reporting the races of the D or victim, suggesting bad ID or false confession or making any comments (other than those from the defense attorneys) about the appropriateness of the sentence.]