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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... rape of the three - year - old daughter of his estranged girlfriend . He escaped from jail by digging himself out with a spoon . Received at death row : November 21 , 1978. Time on death row : 2,170 days ( 5.95 years ) . Last meal ...
... rape of the three - year - old daughter of his estranged girlfriend . He escaped from jail by digging himself out with a spoon . Received at death row : November 21 , 1978. Time on death row : 2,170 days ( 5.95 years ) . Last meal ...
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... rape - strangulation death of a Pasadena , Texas , game room manager , Ruby Mock Longsworth , whose husband , a clergyman , had befriended Barney . Mrs. Longsworth was murdered in her home , strangled with a microphone cord . Received ...
... rape - strangulation death of a Pasadena , Texas , game room manager , Ruby Mock Longsworth , whose husband , a clergyman , had befriended Barney . Mrs. Longsworth was murdered in her home , strangled with a microphone cord . Received ...
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... rape . Lawrence suffered thirty or more stab wounds to her body and face . Pinkerton was also convicted of capital ... raped . Note : Pinkerton was 17 years of age at the time of the offense . Received at death row : June 29 , 1981 ...
... rape . Lawrence suffered thirty or more stab wounds to her body and face . Pinkerton was also convicted of capital ... raped . Note : Pinkerton was 17 years of age at the time of the offense . Received at death row : June 29 , 1981 ...
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... raped and sodomized . She 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 ...
... raped and sodomized . She 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 ...
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... raped the woman and then held her legs while Paster and LeBlanc strangled her with electrical wire . The three men were tied to the October 1980 murder - for - hire of Robert Edward Howard and the November 1980 rape and stabbing of ...
... raped the woman and then held her legs while Paster and LeBlanc strangled her with electrical wire . The three men were tied to the October 1980 murder - for - hire of Robert Edward Howard and the November 1980 rape and stabbing of ...
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