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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 ...
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 .
The scheduled execution of Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson for the murder of his 2-year-old daughter has been halted after the Texas Supreme Court issued a partial stay late Thursday night ...
The state of Texas on Wednesday executed death row inmate Ivan Cantu, who was convicted and sentenced to death for the 2000 murders of his cousin and his cousin’s fiancée – though he insisted ...
As of November 21, 2024, a total of 33 people are scheduled to be executed in the United States. [1] All of these executions are scheduled over five calendar years in five U.S. states. [2] There are a total of 16 pending motions to set an execution date across seven states. [3]
From 1924 to 1964, 361 people were executed in this way. [2] After an 18-year gap following Furman v. Georgia, executions were resumed following new capital-punishment laws passed by the State of Texas (and upheld in Gregg v. Georgia, which also included a companion case from Texas), among them changing the method of execution to lethal injection.
A Texas inmate who killed his pregnant ex-girlfriend and her 7-year-old son more than 17 years ago was executed on Wednesday, after courts rejected his appeals over claims of religious freedom ...
A Texas parole board rejected Roberson's bid for clemency and Texas Governor Greg Abbott declined to halt Roberson's execution as well. With their subpoena, Texas lawmakers said they planned to ...