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The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas between 1990 and 1999. All of the 166 people (165 males and 1 female) during this period were convicted of murder and executed by lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas .
November 13, 1997. Location (s) Channelview, Texas. Weapons. .30-06 hunting rifle. Coy Wayne "Elvis" Wesbrook (February 1, 1958 [1] – March 9, 2016) was an American mass murderer, convicted for the killing of five people in Channelview, Texas, on November 13, 1997. Wesbrook fatally shot his ex-wife, Gloria Jean Coons, her female roommate, and ...
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas between 1930 and 1939. During this period 122 people were executed by electrocution at the Huntsville Unit in Texas. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
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, 1,341 people (all but nine of whom have been men) have been executed in Texas as of 17 August 2024. Between 1819 and 1923, 390 people were executed by hanging in the county where the trial took place. [ 1]
Carl Wayne Buntion (March 30, 1944 – April 21, 2022) [2] was an American man convicted of capital murder in Texas and sentenced to death. On April 21, 2022, at the age of 78, he became the oldest inmate to be executed in Texas and the state's first execution of 2022.
On death row: 177 [94] Total number executed: 1340 (1800–2024) [19] Due to the number of Texas death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages or part of a criminal enterprise with a separate Wikipedia page are listed. The full list is externally linked: Faces of Death Row: The Texas Tribune; List of death row inmates in Texas
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.
Charles Brooks Jr. (1982) first post-Gregg execution in Texas; Cal Coburn Brown (2010) last execution in Washington; Claude Buffet (1972) Henry John Burnett (1963) last execution in Scotland; Edwin Bush (1961) Elizabeth Butchill (1780) Frederick Bywaters (1923) Charles Campbell (1994) Jérôme Carrein (1977) Beatrice Cenci (1599) Brajakishore ...