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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... killed during a 160 - mile crime spree that started in College Station with the slaying of his brother- in - law , Juan Garza , and Garza's wife , Esther Garza . Boyd was shot to death after stopping Moreno on Texas 6 north of Hempstead ...
... killed during a 160 - mile crime spree that started in College Station with the slaying of his brother- in - law , Juan Garza , and Garza's wife , Esther Garza . Boyd was shot to death after stopping Moreno on Texas 6 north of Hempstead ...
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... killed in the robbery . Both victims were shot in the head at close range after being ordered to lie on the floor . A quantity of jewelry taken in the robbery was later found at the home of Johnson's codefendant , Maurice Andrews , of ...
... killed in the robbery . Both victims were shot in the head at close range after being ordered to lie on the floor . A quantity of jewelry taken in the robbery was later found at the home of Johnson's codefendant , Maurice Andrews , of ...
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... kill Denson's wife and daughter , but he refused , saying he only killed " dopers and pigs . " Codefendants : Glenn Earl Martin and G. W. Green were convicted of capital murder in Montgomery County . Martin was sentenced to life in ...
... kill Denson's wife and daughter , but he refused , saying he only killed " dopers and pigs . " Codefendants : Glenn Earl Martin and G. W. Green were convicted of capital murder in Montgomery County . Martin was sentenced to life in ...
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... killed because McCoy and his codefendants agreed that they would each kill someone in front of each other and thus seal their mutual trust in blood . Note : Paster was executed on September 20 , 1989. ( See entry 32 , James Emery Paster ...
... killed because McCoy and his codefendants agreed that they would each kill someone in front of each other and thus seal their mutual trust in blood . Note : Paster was executed on September 20 , 1989. ( See entry 32 , James Emery Paster ...
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... killed Oakley because the cab driver recognized him as the man who killed his good friend A. C. Johnson in 1973. Ironically , State District Judge Wallace Moore presided over both the Johnson murder case and the Oakley capital murder ...
... killed Oakley because the cab driver recognized him as the man who killed his good friend A. C. Johnson in 1973. Ironically , State District Judge Wallace Moore presided over both the Johnson murder case and the Oakley capital murder ...
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