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'''Huntsville''' is a city in [[Texas]].
It is best known worldwide as the home of Texas' execution chamber<ref>Death Row, however, is not located in Huntsville: the male death row is located west of Livingston, while the female death row is located near Gatesville.</ref>; Texas is a strong proponent of [[capital punishment]] and regularly leads the nation in the number of executions per year.
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the state agency overseeing prisons (and death row) is co-headquartered in Huntsville. Sam Houston State University (named for the former governor, a large statue of whom is located near town) is also located in Huntsville; not surprisingly one of its top college programs is criminal justice.
[[Category:Texas Cities and Towns]]