Texas Death RowBill Crawford A chilling catalog of the men and women who have paid the ultimate price for their crimes The death penalty is one of the most hotly contested and longest-standing issues in American politics, and no place is more symbolic of that debate than Texas. Since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1977, Texas has put more than 390 prisoners to death, far more than any other state. Texas Death Row puts faces to those condemned men and women, with stark details on their crimes, sentencing, last meals, and last words. Definitive and objective, Texas Death Row will provide ample fuel for readers on both sides of the death penalty debate. |
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... February 1 , 1974. Devries committed suicide on July 1 , 1974 , by hanging himself with bed sheets . • The State of Texas adopted lethal injection as means of execution in 1977. The state's first execution by lethal injection occurred ...
... February 1 , 1974. Devries committed suicide on July 1 , 1974 , by hanging himself with bed sheets . • The State of Texas adopted lethal injection as means of execution in 1977. The state's first execution by lethal injection occurred ...
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Bill Crawford. Stephen Peter Morin TEXAS EX712 1982 Personal data : Born : February 19 , 1951. Race : White . Height : n / a . Weight : n / a . Education : n / a . Prior occupation : n / a . County of conviction : Jefferson and Nueces ...
Bill Crawford. Stephen Peter Morin TEXAS EX712 1982 Personal data : Born : February 19 , 1951. Race : White . Height : n / a . Weight : n / a . Education : n / a . Prior occupation : n / a . County of conviction : Jefferson and Nueces ...
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... February 1983 , Rumbaugh was critically wounded in a courtroom after he lunged at a deputy U.S. marshal with a makeshift weapon and shouted , " Shoot me . " Received at death row : August 25 , 1976. Time on death row : 3,304 days ( 9.05 ...
... February 1983 , Rumbaugh was critically wounded in a courtroom after he lunged at a deputy U.S. marshal with a makeshift weapon and shouted , " Shoot me . " Received at death row : August 25 , 1976. Time on death row : 3,304 days ( 9.05 ...
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... February 14 , 1962. Race : White . Height : 6'0 " . Weight : 159 pounds . Education : 10 years ( GED ) . Prior occupation : Truck driver . County of conviction : Nueces and Potter . Age at time of execution : 24 . Sentenced to death for ...
... February 14 , 1962. Race : White . Height : 6'0 " . Weight : 159 pounds . Education : 10 years ( GED ) . Prior occupation : Truck driver . County of conviction : Nueces and Potter . Age at time of execution : 24 . Sentenced to death for ...
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... February 3 , 1978. Mason and Fred Norris were working the midnight shift when Larry Smith and Gloster Ray Smith entered the store at 3:15 A.M. and demanded the safe be opened . Mason did not have the two keys needed to open the safe ...
... February 3 , 1978. Mason and Fred Norris were working the midnight shift when Larry Smith and Gloster Ray Smith entered the store at 3:15 A.M. and demanded the safe be opened . Mason did not have the two keys needed to open the safe ...
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