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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]
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.
On the evening of December 11, 2003, Rick and Suzanna Wamsley, an upper-class Mansfield, Texas couple, were shot and stabbed to death in their home by Andrew Wamsley's friend Susana Toledano. [1] The murders were part of a scheme orchestrated by Andrew Wamsley, his girlfriend Chelsea Richardson, and their friend Toledano to collect the Wamsleys ...
Texas' highest criminal court on April 25, 2022, delayed the execution of Lucio, the only Latina on the state's death row, who was set to die April 27, 2022. [76] Taylor Rene Parker Parker was convicted for the October 2020 slaying of her pregnant friend Reagan Simmons-Hancock and her unborn daughter Braxlynn Sage Hancock.
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 .
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]
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 ...
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.