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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... later in Covington , Kentucky . Officer Baker died . Received at death row : September 9 , 1980. Time on death row : 2,010 days ( 5.51 years ) . Last meal : A plain cheese sandwich . Last statement : " I deserve this . Tell everyone I ...
... later in Covington , Kentucky . Officer Baker died . Received at death row : September 9 , 1980. Time on death row : 2,010 days ( 5.51 years ) . Last meal : A plain cheese sandwich . Last statement : " I deserve this . Tell everyone I ...
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... later kidnapped a family of 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 ...
... later kidnapped a family of 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 ...
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... later found at the home of Johnson's codefendant , Maurice Andrews , of Port Arthur . Received at death row : May 27 , 1983. Time on death row : 1,489 days ( 4.08 years ) . Last meal : A cheeseburger and fries . Last statement : " I am ...
... later found at the home of Johnson's codefendant , Maurice Andrews , of Port Arthur . Received at death row : May 27 , 1983. Time on death row : 1,489 days ( 4.08 years ) . Last meal : A cheeseburger and fries . Last statement : " I am ...
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... later found . Franklin was found at his home several hours later , after police traced the license plate number of his car . Police found his pants soaking in a pail of bloody water and found several of the nurse's personal items in a ...
... later found . Franklin was found at his home several hours later , after police traced the license plate number of his car . Police found his pants soaking in a pail of bloody water and found several of the nurse's personal items in a ...
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... later identified King and Carter as her attackers . Codefendant : Allan Ray Carter was sentenced to life in prison because he was 16 years old at the time of the crime . Received at death row : December 5 , 1978. Time on death row ...
... later identified King and Carter as her attackers . Codefendant : Allan Ray Carter was sentenced to life in prison because he was 16 years old at the time of the crime . Received at death row : December 5 , 1978. Time on death row ...
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