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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... police said was shot in a robbery attempt outside a San Antonio restaurant . This crime was made a capital offense when Morin stole Scott's car after shooting her . Received at death row : April 16 , 1982. Time on death row : 1,062 days ...
... police said was shot in a robbery attempt outside a San Antonio restaurant . This crime was made a capital offense when Morin stole Scott's car after shooting her . Received at death row : April 16 , 1982. Time on death row : 1,062 days ...
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... police officer . People hollered for my life , and they are to have my life tonight . The people never hollered for the life of the policeman that killed a 13 - year - old boy who was handcuffed in the backseat of a police car . The ...
... police officer . People hollered for my life , and they are to have my life tonight . The people never hollered for the life of the policeman that killed a 13 - year - old boy who was handcuffed in the backseat of a police car . The ...
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... 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 trash can . Five days later , Moran was found nude and barely alive in a ...
... 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 trash can . Five days later , Moran was found nude and barely alive in a ...
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... Police said Lopez was stabbed to death minutes after she phoned police and attempted to describe her assailant to the dispatcher . Her final words recorded by police were , " You want it [ money ] . I'll give it to you . I'll give it to ...
... Police said Lopez was stabbed to death minutes after she phoned police and attempted to describe her assailant to the dispatcher . Her final words recorded by police were , " You want it [ money ] . I'll give it to you . I'll give it to ...
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