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How a stunning 11th-hour race to save a Texas death row inmate from execution in ‘shaken baby’ case unfolded Elizabeth Wolfe, Ashley Killough, Ed Lavandera and Dakin Andone, CNN October 18 ...
The first execution in Texas occurred in 1819, with the execution of a white male, George Brown, for piracy. [1] In 1840, a free black male, Henry Forbes, was executed for jail-breaking. [4] Prior to Texas statehood in 1846, eight executions—all by hanging—were carried out. [1] Ellis Unit, which at one time housed the State of Texas male ...
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, 1,343 people (all but nine of whom have been men) have been executed in Texas as of 25 January 2025. Between 1819 and 1923, 390 people were executed by hanging in the county where the trial took place. [1]
Executions of white defendants for killing black victims are rare. The number of white people executed for killing a black person is significantly lower than all other racial combinations. As of January 2022, just 21 white people had been executed for killing a black victim, making up only 1.36 percent of all executions. [5]
Texas, a federal court ruled that Mexican Americans and all other ethnic or "racial groups" in the United States had equal protection under the 14th Amendment. The McCarran–Walter Act of 1952, or Immigration and Naturalization Act, "extended the privilege of naturalization to Japanese, Koreans, and other Asians."
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas between 1910 and 1919. ... Race Age Sex Date of execution Crime(s) Governor 334: Gus Thomas:
SAN ANTONIO — A Texas appeals court ordered a new trial Wednesday for a Jewish man on death row — who was part of a gang of prisoners that fatally shot a police officer in 2000 after escaping ...
Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref. At execution At offense Age difference; 1 February 5, 2025 Steven Lawayne Nelson: 37 24 13 Texas: Profile: 3 February 6, 2025 Demetrius Terrence Frazier: 52 19 33 Alabama: Nitrogen hypoxia: Profile: 4 February 13, 2025 James Dennis Ford: 64 36 28 White Florida: Lethal ...