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Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Texas for murder, and participation in a felony resulting in death if committed by an individual who has attained or is over the age of 18. In 1982, the state became the first jurisdiction in the world to carry out an execution by lethal injection, when it executed Charles Brooks Jr.
The number in the "#" column indicates the nth person executed since 1982 (when Texas resumed the death penalty).As an example, John Steven Gardner (the first person executed in Texas during the 2020 decade) was the 568th person executed since resumption of the death penalty.
Death. Cameron Todd Willingham (January 9, 1968 – February 17, 2004) was an American man who was convicted and executed for the murder of his three young children by arson at the family home in Corsicana, Texas, on December 23, 1991. Since Willingham's 2004 execution, significant controversy has arisen over the legitimacy of the guilty ...
The state is seeking the death penalty after Elders was found guilty of capital murder. He shot a Burleson police officer during a 2021 traffic stop, fled, abducted 60-year-old Robin Waddell and ...
Robin Waddell, 60, was killed in 2021 when police say a man fleeing from police kidnapped and shot her. Jerry Elders was convicted of capital murder and could face the death penalty.
The list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas, with the exception of 1819–1849, is divided into periods of 10 years. Since 1819, 1,342 people (all but nine of whom have been men) have been executed in Texas as of 26 September 2024. Between 1819 and 1923, 390 people were executed by hanging in the county where the trial took place. [ 1 ]
Weapons. Shotgun. James Lee Clark (May 13, 1968 – April 11, 2007) was an American murderer with an intellectual disability whose controversial execution by the state of Texas sparked international outcry. The controversy involved the argument [1][2][3][4][5] that his execution violated the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Atkins v.
Karla Faye Tucker. Karla Faye Tucker (November 18, 1959 – February 3, 1998) was an American woman sentenced to death for killing two people with a pickaxe during a burglary. [2] She was the first woman to be executed in the United States since Velma Barfield in 1984 in North Carolina, and the first in Texas since Chipita Rodriguez in 1863. [3]