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The list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas, with the exception of 1819–1849, is divided into periods of 10 years. Since 1819, 1,341 people (all but nine of whom have been men) have been executed in Texas as of 11 August 2024. Between 1819 and 1923, 390 people were executed by hanging in the county where the trial took place. [ 1]
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas since 2020. To date, 22 people have been executed since 2020. To date, 22 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 .
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Texas for murder, and participation in a felony resulting in death if committed by an individual who has attained or is over the age of 18. In 1982, the state became the first jurisdiction in the world to carry out an execution by lethal injection, when it executed Charles Brooks Jr.
The 54-year-old is the third person to be put to death in Texas this year, and the 11th in the US. As of 2011, death row inmates in Texas cannot request a final meal, meaning Burton had to choose ...
At least eight death row inmates in the state have committed suicide in the last 20 years, according to prison records consulted by The Texas Tribune. The most recent took place on Jan. 21 , when ...
Murdered 20-year-old Navy Petty Officer Amanda Jean Snell in Virginia . 10 years, 74 days. Northern Neck Regional Jail. 16054-084. Avila-Torrez was later linked to the rapes and murders of eight-year-old Laura Hobbs and nine-year-old Krystal Tobias in his hometown of Zion, Illinois . Robert Gregory Bowers.
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas between 1990 and 1999. 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]
Former Texas-sentenced inmates (all death row inmates on this list had been transferred to Polunsky Unit in 1999, commuted, released, and/or executed) Charles Brooks Jr. (executed December 7, 1982) [23] Peter Cantu (perpetrator of the murder of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Peña) [24] transferred to Polunsky Unit, executed August 17, 2010 [25]