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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... five offenses ( murder , capital murder , aggravated kidnapping , aggravated sexual assault , or aggravated robbery ) ; multiple murders ; murder of an individual under six years of age . ( Editor's note : a person convicted of capital ...
... five offenses ( murder , capital murder , aggravated kidnapping , aggravated sexual assault , or aggravated robbery ) ; multiple murders ; murder of an individual under six years of age . ( Editor's note : a person convicted of capital ...
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... five pre - approved witnesses requested by the condemned and up to five immediate family members or close friends of the victim to attend . Once the witnesses are in place , the warden shall allow the condemned person to make a last ...
... five pre - approved witnesses requested by the condemned and up to five immediate family members or close friends of the victim to attend . Once the witnesses are in place , the warden shall allow the condemned person to make a last ...
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... five and forced them to drive him to Pasadena , Texas . He then 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 ...
... five and forced them to drive him to Pasadena , Texas . He then 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 ...
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... five years for burglary of a habitation . Johnny Johnson , Kirkindoll's stepfather , who helped plan the robbery , was given immunity in the case . Received at death row : August 11 , 1983. Time on death row : 1,610 days ( 4.41 years ) ...
... five years for burglary of a habitation . Johnny Johnson , Kirkindoll's stepfather , who helped plan the robbery , was given immunity in the case . Received at death row : August 11 , 1983. Time on death row : 1,610 days ( 4.41 years ) ...
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... Five days later , Moran was found nude and barely alive in a field near the hospital . She suffered from irreversible shock and died the next morning . Received at death row : May 5 , 1976. Time on death row : 4,565 days ( 12.51 years ) ...
... Five days later , Moran was found nude and barely alive in a field near the hospital . She suffered from irreversible shock and died the next morning . Received at death row : May 5 , 1976. Time on death row : 4,565 days ( 12.51 years ) ...
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