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Cameron Todd Willingham (January 9, 1968 – February 17, 2004) was an American man who was convicted and executed for the murder of his three young children by arson at the family home in Corsicana, Texas, on December 23, 1991.
A Texas man who had long claimed his conviction more than 20 years ago was based on false testimony and questionable evidence was executed Wednesday for fatally shooting two people, including his ...
Texas, which is the second most populous state of the Union, has executed 591 offenders since the U.S. capital punishment resumption in 1976 (beginning in 1982 with the Brooks execution) to October 1, 2024 (the execution of Garcia Glen White)—more than a third of the national total. [2]
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 January 2025.
“Let me just say, Robert is an innocent man.” Texas father’s execution for murder of 2-year-old daughter could be first in US over shaken baby syndrome after judge’s ruling Skip to main ...
Texas is the state with the most executions in the country: 586 since 1976. In 2023, eight inmates were executed. ... “I am not saying that this man is innocent, I am not saying that he did not ...
[42] [43] [44] One of these supporters, John Grisham, cited his reason behind his support for clemency, stating that no crime had taken place to begin with and that Texas was about to execute an innocent man. [45] Under Texas state law, the final recourse for inmates awaiting their scheduled execution was to appeal for clemency and the Texas ...
Wharton has said openly he believes Roberson is an innocent man. ... Anti-death penalty activists rallied outside the U.S. Supreme Court in 2015 to protest the execution of Oklahoma inmate Richard ...