The following is a list of people executed by the
U.S. state
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of
Texas
Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...
between 2000 and 2009. All of the 248 people (246 males and 2 females) during this period were convicted of murder and have been
executed
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by
lethal injection
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at the
Huntsville Unit
Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville or Huntsville Unit (HV), nicknamed "Walls Unit", is a Texas state prison located in Huntsville, Texas, United States. The approximately facility, near downtown Huntsville, is operated by the Correctional Ins ...
in
Huntsville, Texas
Huntsville is a city in and the county seat of Walker County, Texas, United States. Its population was 45,941 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is the center of the Huntsville United States micropolitan area, micropolitan area ...
.
[List of Executed Offenders]
''Texas Department of Criminal Justice
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is a department of the government of the U.S. state of Texas. The TDCJ is responsible for statewide criminal justice for adult offenders, including managing offenders in state prisons, state jails ...
''. Retrieved 4 December 2009.[The Espy File: 1608–2002]
''Death Penalty Information Center''. Retrieved 4 December 2009. The count is the most of any decade in Texas history, surpassing the 166 executions from the previous decade (1990–1999).
Executions 2000–2009
The number in the "#" column indicates the ''n''th person executed since 1982 (when Texas resumed the death penalty). As an example, Earl Carl Heiselbetz Jr. (the first person executed in Texas during the 2000 decade) was the 200th person executed since resumption of the death penalty.
Notes
See also
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Capital punishment 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 is at least 18 years old.
In 1982, the state became the first jurisdiction in th ...
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List of people executed in Texas, 2020–present
References
External links
Narratives of family members of the executed ''Narratives from the mother of A. Fuentes, the father and brother of N. Beazley, the sister of J. Colburn and the mother of J. Nichols''.
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Texas Department of Criminal Justice
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is a department of the government of the U.S. state of Texas. The TDCJ is responsible for statewide criminal justice for adult offenders, including managing offenders in state prisons, state jails ...
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{{DEFAULTSORT:List of people executed in Texas, 2000-09
2000
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Executed
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for actual or supposed misconduct. The sentence (law), sentence ordering that an offender b ...
People executed in Texas, 2000-09
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Executed in Texas, 2000-09