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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... shot a man that shot me first . The only thing that convicted me was that I am a Mexican and that he was a police officer . People hollered for my life , and they are to have my life tonight . The people never hollered for the life of ...
... shot a man that shot me first . The only thing that convicted me was that I am a Mexican and that he was a police officer . People hollered for my life , and they are to have my life tonight . The people never hollered for the life of ...
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... shot Officer Baker in the stomach , then shot at Baker's partner and missed . He then shot Baker again as Baker lay on the pavement . Bass fled and was arrested four days later in Covington , Kentucky . Officer Baker died . Received at ...
... shot Officer Baker in the stomach , then shot at Baker's partner and missed . He then shot Baker again as Baker lay on the pavement . Bass fled and was arrested four days later in Covington , Kentucky . Officer Baker died . Received at ...
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... shot Denson when the officer struggled with one of the intruders and wrestled his gun away . Starvaggi said he then shot Denson two more times to " keep him from suffering . " Denson's 13 - year - old daughter , who was taken upstairs ...
... shot Denson when the officer struggled with one of the intruders and wrestled his gun away . Starvaggi said he then shot Denson two more times to " keep him from suffering . " Denson's 13 - year - old daughter , who was taken upstairs ...
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... shot in the head with a .22 caliber rifle while she sat knitting and watching television in the living room of her home , four miles south of Kountze . The fatal shot was fired through a window from outside the residence . Streetman and ...
... shot in the head with a .22 caliber rifle while she sat knitting and watching television in the living room of her home , four miles south of Kountze . The fatal shot was fired through a window from outside the residence . Streetman and ...
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... shot Oakley three times in the back of the head . The prosecutor said Oakley's pockets were turned inside out and all his money was missing . Oakley , who drove a Skyjack cab , was believed to have been carrying more than $ 300 ...
... shot Oakley three times in the back of the head . The prosecutor said Oakley's pockets were turned inside out and all his money was missing . Oakley , who drove a Skyjack cab , was believed to have been carrying more than $ 300 ...
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