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The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas between 2010 and 2019. All of the 120 people (117 males and 3 females) during this period were convicted of murder and executed by lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas. [1]
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas since 2020. To date, 20 people have been executed since 2020. To date, 20 people have been executed since 2020. All of the people during this period were convicted of murder and have been executed by lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas .
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The first execution in Texas occurred in 1819, with the execution of a white male, George Brown, for piracy. In 1840, a free black male, Henry Forbes, was executed for jail-breaking.Prior to Texas statehood in 1846, eight executions—all by hanging—were carried out. Upon statehood, hanging was the method used for almost all executions until 1924. Ha...
Under Texas statutes, a murder is capital if the offender: 1. Murders a peace officer or fireman who is acting in the lawful discharge of an official duty, and who the person knows is a peace officer or fireman. (There have been bills proposed to add EMT/paramedics to this list.) 2. Intentionally commits the murder in the course of committing or at...
Harris County courts, in the post-Furman v. Georgiadeath penalty period, were more likely to hand down death sentences compared to other courts, because the county had the financial resources to pursue capital punishment. Other counties, fearful of losing funds, have opted for life sentences.
The prosecution may choose not to seek the death penalty. This can be for various reasons, such as the prosecution believing that they could not show the defendant worthy of death, or the family of the victim requesting that the death penalty not be imposed. Additionally, the death penalty cannot be sought at all on a capital murder charge if the a...
Male death row inmates are housed at the Polunsky Unit in West Livingston; female death row inmates are housed at the Mountain View Unit in Gatesville. All death row inmates at both units are physically segregated from the general population, are housed in individual cells approximately 60 square feet (5.6 m2) in size, and engage in recreational ac...
The TDCJ website maintains a listof inmates with scheduled execution dates, which is generally updated within 1–2 days after an execution date is set, an execution takes place, or a stay of execution is granted and the date withdrawn.
The Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, a 501(c)(3) grassroots membership organization, was founded in 1998. TCADP has members across the state of Texas working to educate their local communities on the problems of the Texas death penalty. TCADP hosts multiple educational and training opportunities each year around the state, including re...
Cameron Todd Willingham
One notable case involves Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed by lethal injection on February 17, 2004, for murdering his three daughters in 1991 by arson, but where a 2009 article in The New Yorker, and subsequent findings, have cast doubt on the evidence used in his conviction. In 2009, a report conducted by Dr. Craig Beyler, hired by the Texas Forensic Science Commission to review the case, found that “a finding of arson could not be sustained.” Beyler claimed that key testimony from...
Carlos DeLuna
Carlos DeLuna was convicted of murder and executed in 1989 for the killing of a 24-year-old gas station attendant on the evening of February 4, 1983. Since DeLuna's execution by lethal injection, doubts have been raised about the conviction and the question of his guilt. An investigation published by the Columbia Human Rights Law Review in May 2012 has strengthened these claims of innocence, by detailing a large amount of evidence suggesting the actual murderer was Carlos Hernandez, a similar...
Frances Newton
Frances Newtonwas executed in 2005, despite much doubt about her guilt, and much confusion over the actual weapon used in the murder(s), for which she was sentenced to death.
Harnsberger, R. Scott. A Guide to Sources of Texas Criminal Justice Statistics [North Texas Crime and Criminal Justice Series, no. 6]. Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2011. ISBN 978-157441...Stolzenberg, Lisa and Stewart J. D'Alessio (criminal justice professors from Florida International University School of Policy and Management). "Capital punishment, execution publicity and murder i...Colloff, Pamela. "The Witness" (Archive). Texas Monthly. September 2014. About Michelle Lyons, who witnessed multiple executions while working as the TDCJ Public Information OfficerReid, Don. Eyewitness. Cordovan Press, 1973. with John Gurwell. – Discusses the pre-1980s death penalty in TexasAug 30, 2019 · Fewer death sentences were imposed in the Lone Star State in the last five years than in any other five-year period in the modern era of capital punishment. The table below presents key information about each case, and is followed by brief case narratives. LAST UPDATED: December 12, 2019.
Dec 17, 2019 · (More than half the 214 people currently on death row were sentenced before the law took effect.) Houle says that while four men were sentenced to death in 2019, juries rejected the punishment in four other capital murder cases.
Dec 17, 2019 · Texas death-row prisoner Rodney Reed received a stay of execution from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on November 15, just five days before his scheduled execution. The stay order directed the Bastrop County district court to review Reed’s claims that prosecutors presented false testimony and suppressed exculpatory evidence in his case ...
25.7% of individuals on death row (39.7% of the population of Texas), and whites comprise 27.1% (41.2% of the Texas population).5 As of December 15, 2020, TDCJ lists 210 people on death row, which includes six women.6 This is the smallest Texas death row population since 1987. More than one-third of these individuals were
