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The number in the "#" column indicates the nth person executed since 1982 (when Texas resumed the death penalty).As an example, John Steven Gardner (the first person executed in Texas during the 2020 decade) was the 568th person executed since resumption of the death penalty.
Killed. 1. Weapon. .357 Magnum revolver [ 1] Carl Wayne Buntion (March 30, 1944 – April 21, 2022) [ 2] was an American man convicted of capital murder in Texas and sentenced to death. On April 21, 2022, at the age of 78, he became the oldest inmate to be executed in Texas and the state's first execution of 2022. [ 3][ 4]
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 17 August 2024. Between 1819 and 1923, 390 people were executed by hanging in the county where the trial took place. [ 1]
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 ...
HOUSTON (AP) — Texas’ oldest death row inmate faces execution Thursday for killing a Houston police officer nearly 32 years ago during a traffic stop. Carl Wayne Buntion, 78, was sentenced to ...
The seven inmates involved in the escape. Top row, left to right, Joseph Garcia, Randy Halprin, Larry James Harper, and Patrick Murphy Jr. Bottom row, left to right, Donald Newbury, George Rivas, and Michael Anthony Rodriguez. The Texas 7 were a group of prisoners who escaped from the John B. Connally Unit near Kenedy, Texas, on December 13, 2000.
FILE - This undated photo provided by The Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Stephen Barbee, a Texas death row inmate. Barbee, seeking to stop his execution over claims of religious ...
Andre Lee Thomas (born March 17, 1983) is an American convicted murderer and death row inmate known for removing both of his eyeballs in separate incidents and ingesting one of them. In 2004, Thomas killed his estranged wife Laura Boren, his four-year-old son and her one-year-old daughter in Sherman, Texas. He cut open the chests of all three ...