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Martin Edward Gurule (November 7, 1969 - November 27, 1998) was an American prisoner who successfully escaped from death row in Texas in 1998. It was the first successful breakout from Texan death row since Raymond Hamilton was broken out by Bonnie and Clyde on January 16, 1934.
The Ruben M. Torres Unit is a state prison for men located in Hondo, Medina County, Texas, owned and operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. [1] This facility was opened in January 1993, and a maximum capacity of 1384 male inmates held at various security levels. Stand-up comedian Ali Siddiq have been locked up in there.
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 3 December 2024. Between 1819 and 1923, 390 people were executed by hanging in the county where the trial took place. [1]
With his execution looming last Thursday, the 57-year-old Texas death row inmate watched as his attorneys’ legal arguments were rejected in the courts and his pleas for clemency disregarded, as ...
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas between 1930 and 1939. During this period 122 people were executed by electrocution at the Huntsville Unit in Texas. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Advocates of Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson are pleading for the state to halt its plans to execute him Thursday for the murder of his 2-year-old daughter – a crime Roberson says he did ...
Died in a solitary confinement cell at Changi Prison's death row section. Found guilty in 1992 of kidnapping and murdering his former employer, and sentenced to hang. His accomplice Ibrahim Masod, also on death row, was put to death 11 months later on 29 July 1994 Joe "Pegleg" Morgan: 1993-11-08 Mexico (detained by the United States) Liver cancer
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 ...