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  2. Lists of people executed in Texas - Wikipedia

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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 1 February 2025. Between 1819 and 1923, 390 people were executed by hanging in the county where the trial took place. [1]

  3. The Rope, the Chair, and the Needle - Wikipedia

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    The book considers the historical administration of the Texas death penalty through both statistical and anecdotal analysis. [1] The authors argue that the execution rate in Texas is a symptom of the "cultural tradition of exclusion" in the Southern United States. They found there was an inverse relationship between the number of executions and ...

  4. List of people executed in Texas, 1920–1929 - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas between 1920 and 1929. A total of 66 people were executed during this period. From 1920 to 1923, ten people were executed by hanging. [1] The last hanging in the state was that of Nathan Lee, a man convicted of murder and executed in Brazoria County on August 31, 1923

  5. Last Words of the Executed - Wikipedia

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    Last Words of the Executed is a book by Robert K. Elder published in 2010. Studs Terkel contributed a foreword. The book documents the final words of death row inmates in the United States, from the seventeenth century to the present day. The chapters are organized by era and method of execution.

  6. List of people executed in Texas, 1890–1899 - Wikipedia

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    During this period 101 people were executed by hanging. [1] Executions 1890–1899 ... List of people executed in Texas, 1900–1909: ... This page was last edited on ...

  7. Texas set to execute Garcia Glenn White, who confessed to 5 ...

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    Texas is set to execute Garcia Glenn White for the murder of 16-year-old identical twin sisters on Tuesday, which would make him the sixth inmate put to death in the U.S. in an 11-day period and ...

  8. Capital punishment in Texas - Wikipedia

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    The first execution in Texas occurred in 1819, with the execution of a white male, George Brown, for piracy. [1] 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 ...

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