The State Capitol hosted another event in downtown Austin with a more serious tone this weekend.
Led by 25 death row survivors, hundreds gathered Saturday afternoon for the annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty.
Beginning with a street march, they ended up at the Capitol listening to speeches on why the death penalty should be stopped.
Texas, along with 34 other states, currently allow capital punishment. Those marching want it stopped because the killing of one Innocent person is too much.
"There's 139 former death row inmates that have been exonerated in the United States," said Kirk Bloodsworth, who was exonerated from death row. "That means actual innocence, and the truth is, if it can happen to me, an honorable discharged marine with no criminal record or history, it can happen to anybody."
Texas leads all states in the U.S. in capital punishment since a Supreme Court ruling allowed it in 1976.
Those in favor of it say that capital punishment deters crime, cuts down on prison costs and it's equal retribution against someone convicted in a crime.
