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The State of Texas has executed 591 people since 1982, more than any other state by far. Of these executions, 279 occurred during the administration of Texas Governor Rick Perry (2001-2014), more than any other governor in U.S. history. Texas has executed five men in 2024.
2021 - The Texas House of Representatives pass a bill that, if approved in the Texas Senate, would end death penalty liability for felony accomplices who did not kill and were minor participants in the conduct that led to the death of the victim. 2021 - The nation’s longest serving death row prisoners, Raymond Riles, is resentenced to life.
Texas leads the nation in the number of executions since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. California, Florida, Texas, and Alabama have the largest death row populations. As of October 1, 2020, 2,557 inmates were under sentence of death in the United States.
County of Conviction for Executed Inmates. Number of Inmates Sentenced to Death from Each County. Change of Venue Information for Inmates Currently on Death Row. Death Row Information - Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Florida and Texas Conducted Almost 60% of the Year's Total Number of Executions. Only five states executed people this year. Florida and Texas accounted for more than half (58%) of the year’s total number. Florida’s six executions in 2023 were the highest number since 2014.
During 2020, the number of prisoners under sentence of death declined for the twentieth consecutive year. California (28%), Florida (14%), and Texas (8%) held half of the prisoners under sentence of death in the United States on December 31, 2020. The BOP held 51 prisoners under sentence of death at yearend.
This report presents statistics on prisoners who were under sentence of death in 2021, a summary of state and federal death penalty laws in 2021, and historical trends in executions.
This report presents statistics on persons who were under sentence of death in 2020, state and federal death penalty laws in 2020, and historical trends in executions.
Use of the death penalty in Texas remained near historic low levels this year, with juries sentencing three people to death and the state executing three people. Unlike in 2020, however, the COVID-19 pandemic was not the primary cause of the low numbers.
A University of Texas/Texas Tribune online poll of registered Texas voters found that 63% say they favor keeping the death penalty for people convicted of violent crimes, the lowest level of support in the poll’s 11-year history. Support was down from 75% in February 2015 and 78% when the poll began in 2010.