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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 21 October 2024. Between 1819 and 1923, 390 people were executed by hanging in the county where the trial took place. [1]
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas between 1950 and 1959. During this period 76 people were executed by electrocution at the Huntsville Unit in Texas. [1][2] Three electrocutions took place on September 5, 1951; though no intervening law to prohibit multiple executions on a single day was passed, since this ...
During this period 78 people were executed by electrocution at the Huntsville Unit in Texas. [1] [2] Executions 1940–1949 ... 11 executions 238: Lonnie Cline: White ...
Jun. 25—HUNTSVILLE, Texas — Faith. Hope. ... Gonzales is scheduled to be executed by the state of Texas at 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 26, for a murder he committed a few months after his 18th ...
[18] [page needed] There is no law prohibiting multiple executions in a single day, but this has not happened since August 2000. The execution chamber is a 9-foot (2.7 m) by 12-foot (3.7 m) room with mint green painted walls and a gurney. When Jim Willett was the warden of Huntsville Unit, he added a pillow to the gurney.
Executions 1990–1999. The number in the "#" column indicates the n th person executed since 1982 (when Texas resumed the death penalty). As an example, Jerome Butler (the first person executed in Texas during the 1990 decade) was the 34th person executed since resumption of the death penalty. 1990 – 4 executions.
If the execution proceeds as scheduled, ... Mullis is set to be executed by lethal injection at the Texas State Prison in Huntsville, about 70 miles north of Houston, anytime after 6 p.m. CT on ...
As of 8:30 p.m., more than two hours after he was originally scheduled to be executed, Roberson remains alive in the Huntsville Unit. It’s possible a ruling won’t be handed down by midnight.