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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... abducted from a Beaumont shopping center and taken to an isolated location near Galveston Beach . Wicker choked her , then buried her alive . Wicker confessed to the crime and led officials to the location of the body . Received at ...
... abducted from a Beaumont shopping center and taken to an isolated location near Galveston Beach . Wicker choked her , then buried her alive . Wicker confessed to the crime and led officials to the location of the body . Received at ...
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... abducted by Evans and his codefendant , Earl Stanley Smith . In a statement to police , Evans admitted robbing Guerrero of $ 40 , shooting her twice , and then cutting her face with a carpet knife as she prayed to God to forgive her ...
... abducted by Evans and his codefendant , Earl Stanley Smith . In a statement to police , Evans admitted robbing Guerrero of $ 40 , shooting her twice , and then cutting her face with a carpet knife as she prayed to God to forgive her ...
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... abducted a Friendswood man , who , at gunpoint , drove Moreno south on U.S. 59 toward the Rio Grande Valley . DPS officers stopped the car at a roadblock in Wharton County and arrested Moreno . In October 1985 , Moreno pleaded guilty to ...
... abducted a Friendswood man , who , at gunpoint , drove Moreno south on U.S. 59 toward the Rio Grande Valley . DPS officers stopped the car at a roadblock in Wharton County and arrested Moreno . In October 1985 , Moreno pleaded guilty to ...
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... abducted from a bowling alley , sexually assaulted , and then beaten to death with a board . Received at death row : November 8 , 1978. Time on death row : 3,123 days ( 8.56 years ) . Last meal : Fish , tartar sauce , french fries ...
... abducted from a bowling alley , sexually assaulted , and then beaten to death with a board . Received at death row : November 8 , 1978. Time on death row : 3,123 days ( 8.56 years ) . Last meal : Fish , tartar sauce , french fries ...
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... abducted Michael Clayton Underwood , 26 , and his 19 - year - old girlfriend at gunpoint from a Houston nightclub on April 10 , 1976. King and Carter took Underwood and his girlfriend to a remote area , where Underwood was beaten to ...
... abducted Michael Clayton Underwood , 26 , and his 19 - year - old girlfriend at gunpoint from a Houston nightclub on April 10 , 1976. King and Carter took Underwood and his girlfriend to a remote area , where Underwood was beaten to ...
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