The death penalty continues to be imposed disproportionately on people of color. This is the smallest Texas death row population since , when people awaited execution, according to research by TCADP. Death Sentences by County. As displayed in the interactive map, just three counties Harris, Smith, and Walker have imposed more than one death sentence in the last five years Three counties account for more than half of the current death row population: Harris 73 ; Dallas 18 ; and Tarrant No other county has more than eight individuals on death row at this time.
Learn more about the death penalty at the county level here. Wrongful Convictions and Executions. Since , individuals who spent time on death row have been exonerated. This includes 16 people convicted and sentenced to death in Texas, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
Cost of the Death Penalty. National and International Abolition. A total of 23 states and the District of Columbia do not allow the death penalty. Conviction: Shooting car dealer John Henry in , then demanding money.
Henry died of his wounds. Conviction: Shot and killed police detective Daryl Wayne Shirley, who was serving a fugitive warrant on Williams on Aug. Arrived on death row: May 6, Removed from death row in Conviction: Convicted in the November shooting death of year-old Ollie F. Childress Jr. Removed from death row in Arrived on death row: June 4, Conviction: The Oct.
Arrived on death row: Aug. Conviction: Killing Houston Police Sgt. Bruno Soboleski during a stop on the street. Devries committed suicide July 1, , by hanging himself with bed sheets.
The State of Texas adopted lethal injection as means of execution in and executed the first inmate by lethal injection on December 7, Effective January 12, , close relatives and friends of the deceased victim were allowed to witness executions. Information from here to the bottom of the page relates to death row after For information relating to death row from , click here. Pursuant to Texas Penal Code Section The death penalty is currently authorized by 27 states, the federal government, and the U.
Gonzales was convicted for shooting William Veader, 50, dead in Amarillo, Texas , in But an investigation revealed Gonzales was behind the gun and manipulated the crime scene to make it look like suicide. He spent just eight months on death row before being executed by a lethal injection on September 18, Raymond Riles spent more than 45 years on death row after fatally shooting John Thomas Henry in at a Houston car lot.
But the year-old was resentenced to life in prison in June after prosecutors in Texas concluded he is ineligible for execution and incompetent for retrial due to his long history of mental illness.
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