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Killed. 1. Weapon. .357 Magnum revolver [1] Carl Wayne Buntion (March 30, 1944 – April 21, 2022) [2] was an American man convicted of capital murder in Texas and sentenced to death. On April 21, 2022, at the age of 78, he became the oldest inmate to be executed in Texas and the state's first execution of 2022. [3][4]
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Texas for murder, and participation in a felony resulting in death if committed by an individual who has attained or is over the age of 18. In 1982, the state became the first jurisdiction in the world to carry out an execution by lethal injection, when it executed Charles Brooks Jr.
The number in the "#" column indicates the nth person executed since 1982 (when Texas resumed the death penalty).As an example, John Steven Gardner (the first person executed in Texas during the 2020 decade) was the 568th person executed since resumption of the death penalty.
HOUSTON (AP) — Public support and use of the death penalty in 2022 continued its more than two-decade decline in The post Executions continued decline but many ‘botched’ in 2022, report says ...
Background. On July 19, 2004, 20-year-old John Henry Ramirez (June 29, 1984 – October 5, 2022), [1] a former United States Marine, accompanied by two female acquaintances, murdered 46-year-old convenience store worker Pablo Castro outside a Times Market in Corpus Christi, Texas. Ramirez stabbed Castro a total of twenty-nine times, resulting ...
The use of capital punishment in 2022 continued its more than two-decade decline in the U.S., with 7 of the 20 attempts highly problematic, a report says.
Retrieved November 16, 2022. ^ Lozano, Juan A. (November 17, 2022). "Texas executes man for killing ex-girlfriend and her son, 7". Associated Press. Retrieved November 17, 2022. ^ Murphy, Sean (November 17, 2022). "Oklahoma executes man for 1993 killing of 3-year-old boy". Associated Press. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
The planned execution of Gonzales, who was previously slated to be put to death in July 2022 before the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted a stay, is one of two scheduled this week in the ...