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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, 1,343 people (all but nine of whom have been men) have been executed in Texas as of 24 January 2025. 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, 24 people have been executed since 2020. To date, 24 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 .
Last execution date Name Crime Method C Antigua and Barbuda: 2 February 1991 [4] Tyrone Nicholas: murder: hanging: A Argentina: 12 June 1956 [46] Juan José Valle: treason: firing squad: C Bahamas: 6 January 2000 [4] David Mitchell: murder: hanging: C Barbados: 10 October 1984 [4] Noel Jordan, Melvin Inniss, and Errol Farrell: hanging: C Belize ...
The prison houses 2,937 prisoners and at least 180 of them, like Cantu, are awaiting execution. Cantu, who was born in Dallas 50 years ago, was sentenced to death in October 2001.
In 1840, a free black male, Henry Forbes, was executed for jail-breaking. [4] Prior to Texas statehood in 1846, eight executions—all by hanging—were carried out. [1] Ellis Unit, which at one time housed the State of Texas male death row. Upon statehood, hanging was the method used for almost all executions until 1924.
Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson sat praying in a cell Thursday night just feet from the execution chamber where he was set to be put to death for the murder of his toddler – even as the ...
The scheduled execution of a death row inmate whose case has drawn widespread scrutiny was halted by the Texas Supreme Court late Thursday night as doubts linger over whether his decades-old ...
Charles Brooks Jr. (1982) first post-Gregg execution in Texas; Cal Coburn Brown (2010) last execution in Washington; Claude Buffet (1972) Henry John Burnett (1963) last execution in Scotland; Edwin Bush (1961) Elizabeth Butchill (1780) Frederick Bywaters (1923) Charles Campbell (1994) Jérôme Carrein (1977) Beatrice Cenci (1599) Brajakishore ...