Texasis one of the states where the death penalty is still used. That means that some people are sentenced to die for their crimes. Right now, there are seven women on Texas' death row. Each has a different story about how they got there, but all their stories are serious and sad. T...
The TDCJ website has a whole section dedicated to facts and information about Texas Death Row. The following facts are as listed by TDCJ 20 total inmates from Lubbock County have been sentenced to death 13 of those inmates on death row from Lubbock County have been executed Currently, the on...
Since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976,313 men and women on death row have been granted reprieve. This does not mean they are not paying for their crimes- most sentences were commuted to life without parole. Of everyone spared the death penalty, less than 1% are Texas death row i...
"For 22 years, this man has been held in prison -- on death row -- and we're hoping that with this ruling today we'll be able to bring light and get to truth," Texas State Rep. John Bucy told reporters after the Texas Supreme Court issued its order halting...
Suicide on death row. Texas Department of Criminal Justice, http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/drowfacts.htm; Jennifer Mooney Piedra, "Killer Bleeds to Death on Death Row,"... D Lester,C Tartaro - 《Journal of Forensic Sciences》
It's been a week since death row inmate Robert Roberson's execution was stopped by a last-minute subpoena, and now Roberson's legal team is firing back at Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
and my brothers on death row/ life row I love you. To the people that have shown compassion and that have been there for me you are my true family and I have been pleased. I am a man of many faults for those I have hurt and cause pain in their life. I beg for forgiveness. Let...
6. if you kill a prison guard or someone who is in prison for the aggravated offenses, you then take their place on Death Row DR 7. Killing more than one person in your initial spree or killing more people through out a single day 8. murder of a child under the age of ten **...
and my brothers on death row/ life row I love you. To the people that have shown compassion and that have been there for me you are my true family and I have been pleased. I am a man of many faults for those I have hurt and cause pain in their life. I beg for forgiveness. Let...
Those protesting Thursday's scheduled execution included the police detective who helped send Roberson to death row, Brian Wharton. "Let me just say, Robert is an innocent man," said Wharton. "But more than that, he is a kind man. He is a gentle man. He is a gracious man." ...