List of individuals executed in Texas, 2010–
Encyclopedia
The following is a list of individuals executed by the U.S. state
of Texas
since 2010. There have been 30 individuals since the beginning of the decade who were convicted of murder
and executed
by lethal injection
at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas
.
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
since 2010. There have been 30 individuals since the beginning of the decade who were convicted of murder
Murder
Murder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human being, and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide...
and executed
Capital punishment
Capital punishment, the death penalty, or execution is the sentence of death upon a person by the state as a punishment for an offence. Crimes that can result in a death penalty are known as capital crimes or capital offences. The term capital originates from the Latin capitalis, literally...
by lethal injection
Lethal injection
Lethal injection is the practice of injecting a person with a fatal dose of drugs for the express purpose of causing the immediate death of the subject. The main application for this procedure is capital punishment, but the term may also be applied in a broad sense to euthanasia and suicide...
at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas
Huntsville, Texas
Huntsville is a city in and the county seat of Walker County, Texas, United States. The population was 35,508 at the 2010 census. It is the center of the Huntsville micropolitan area....
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Executions since 2010
The number in the "#" column indicates the nth person executed since 1982 (when Texas resumed the death penalty). As an example, Kenneth Mosley (the first person executed in Texas during the 2010 decade) was the 448th person executed since resumption of the death penalty.2010 – 17 executions | ||||||
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# | Executed person | Ethnicity | Age | Sex | Date of execution |
Victim(s) |
448 | Kenneth Mosley | Black African American African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States... |
51 | M | 07-Jan-2010 | Garland Garland, Texas -Climate:* The average warmest month is July.* The highest recorded temperature was in 2000.* On average, the coolest month is January.* The lowest recorded temperature was in 1989.* The maximum average precipitation occurs in May.... police officer Michael David Moore |
449 | Gary James Johnson | White White American White Americans are people of the United States who are considered or consider themselves White. The United States Census Bureau defines White people as those "having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa... |
59 | M | 12-Jan-2010 | James Mathew Hazelton and Peter Joseph Sparagana |
450 | Michael Adam Sigala | Hispanic Hispanic and Latino Americans Hispanic or Latino Americans are Americans with origins in the Hispanic countries of Latin America or in Spain, and in general all persons in the United States who self-identify as Hispanic or Latino.1990 Census of Population and Housing: A self-designated classification for people whose origins... |
32 | M | 02-Mar-2010 | Lilian Dos Santos and Kleber Dos Santos |
451 | Joshua J. Maxwell | White | 31 | M | 11-Mar-2010 | Bexar County Bexar County, Texas As of the census of 2000, there were 1,392,931 people, 488,942 households, and 345,681 families residing in the county. The population density was 1,117 people per square mile . There were 521,359 housing units at an average density of 418 per square mile... Sheriff Sergeant Rudy Lopes |
452 | Franklin DeWayne Alix | Black | 34 | M | 30-Mar-2010 | Eric Bridgeford |
453 | William Josef Berkley | White | 31 | M | 22-Apr-2010 | Sophia Martinez |
454 | Samuel Bustamante | Hispanic | 40 | M | 27-Apr-2010 | Rafael Alvarado |
455 | Kevin Scott Varga | White | 41 | M | 12-May-2010 | US Army Major Major Major is a rank of commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every military in the world.When used unhyphenated, in conjunction with no other indicator of rank, the term refers to the rank just senior to that of an Army captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel. ... David Lawrence Logie |
456 | Billy John Galloway | White | 41 | M | 13-May-2010 | US Army Major Major Major is a rank of commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every military in the world.When used unhyphenated, in conjunction with no other indicator of rank, the term refers to the rank just senior to that of an Army captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel. ... David Lawrence Logie |
457 | Rogelio Cannady | Hispanic | 37 | M | 19-May-2010 | Leovigildo Bonal |
458 | John Avalos Alba | Hispanic | 54 | M | 25-May-2010 | Wendy Alba |
459 | George Alarick Jones | Black | 36 | M | 02-Jun-2010 | Forest Hall |
460 | David Lee Powell | White | 59 | M | 15-Jun-2010 | Austin police officer Ralph Ablanedo |
461 | Michael James Perry | White | 28 | M | 01-Jul-2010 | Sandra Stotler, Adam Stotler and Jeremy Richardson |
462 | Derrick L. Jackson | Black | 42 | M | 20-Jul-2010 | Forrest Henderson and Richard Wrotenbery |
463 | Peter Anthony Cantu Murder of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Peña The murder of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Peña, two teenage girls from Houston, Texas, occurred on June 24, 1993. The murder of the two girls made headlines in Texas newspapers due to the nature of the crime and the new law resulting from the murder that allows families of the victims to view the... |
Hispanic | 35 | M | 17-Aug-2010 | Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pena Murder of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Peña The murder of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Peña, two teenage girls from Houston, Texas, occurred on June 24, 1993. The murder of the two girls made headlines in Texas newspapers due to the nature of the crime and the new law resulting from the murder that allows families of the victims to view the... |
464 | Larry Wayne Wooten | Black | 51 | M | 21-Oct-2010 | Grady and Bessie Alexander |
2011 – 13 executions | ||||||
465 | Michael Wayne Hall | White | 31 | M | 15-Feb-2011 | Amy Robinson |
466 | Timothy Wayne Adams | Black | 42 | M | 22-Feb-2011 | Timothy Adams Jr. |
467 | Cary Kerr | White | 46 | M | 03-May-2011 | Pamela Horton |
468 | Gayland Bradford | Black | 42 | M | 01-Jun-2011 | Brian Williams |
469 | Lee Andrew Taylor | White | 32 | M | 16-Jun-2011 | Donta Green |
470 | Milton Mathis | Black | 32 | M | 21-Jun-2011 | Daniel Hibbard and Travis Brown |
471 | Humberto Leal Garcia | Hispanic | 38 | M | 07-Jul-2011 | Adria Sauceda |
472 | Mark Stroman | White | 41 | M | 20-Jul-2011 | Vasudev Patel |
473 | Martin Robles | Hispanic | 33 | M | 10-Aug-2011 | John Commisky and Jesus Gonzalez |
474 | Steven Michael Woods | White | 31 | M | 13-Sep-2011 | Ronald Whitehead and Bethena Brosz |
475 | Lawrence Russell Brewer | White | 44 | M | 21-Sep-2011 | James Byrd Jr. |
476 | Frank Martinez Garcia | Hispanic | 39 | M | 27-Oct-2011 | Hector Garza and Jessica Garcia |
477 | Guadalupe Esparza | Hispanic | 46 | M | 16-Nov-2011 | Alyssa Marie Vasquez |
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External links
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