Texas, long a leader in executions, trails this yearBy MICHAEL GRACZYK
For argument's sake, let's disregard the years before 1982. Texas has already executed one inmate this year,Ivan Cantu. That still beats the year 1983- as no executions happened that year. Likely that was due to the "lag" if you will, from the moratorium on executions. Every year after...
For argument's sake, let's disregard the years before 1982. Texas has already executed one inmate this year,Ivan Cantu. That still beats the year 1983- as no executions happened that year. Likely that was due to the "lag" if you will, from the moratorium on executions. Every year after...
in 1935, for example, 199 executions took place. which states have carried out the most executions? texas has been responsible for the most executions over recent years by far, with 586 since 1977 as of the end of 2023. the states with the next-highest totals are oklahoma (123 since ...
In 2000, Texas executions reached a high of 40, according to this year’s annual report by the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. Kristin Houlé Cuellar, the coalition’s executive director, said she believes Texas’ “era of excessive use of the death penalty is gone” as ...
” The lettersheet is reproduced at the S.F. Museum website. This execution is also the subject of a detailed drawing of Forni on the gallows surrounded by a huge crowd. Sheriff Hays officiated at this hanging. According to his biography: Colonel Jack Hays, Texas Frontier Leader and ...
Tennessee, which performed three executions last year, was second only to Texas, which carried out 13. Most states have been moving away from the death penalty. “The Supreme Court and the attorney general make determinations about executions … and how that process unfolds,” Lee to...
Texas has executed an inmate for killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend and her 7-year-old son more than 17 years ago. November 17, 2022 Arizona executes man for 1980 killings of 2 people An Arizona man convicted of murdering two people in 1980 was put to death Wednesday in the state’...
Carlos was arrested for a murder committed by someone who was his lookalike. The perpetrator, Hernandez, got away after stabbing Wanda Lopez to death at a convenience store in Texas. Carlos was arrested following an eyewitness statement that identified him as the murderer. Carlos’ claims that he...
Desi Cuellar discusses the uptick in violence against police and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez campaigning for Democrats in Texas. Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has paused all executions in his state for the rest of 2022, announcing an investigation Monday into an "oversight" regarding the state'...