Charles Reynolds Red River County was executed. One of the most notorious inmates to be executed was Raymond Hamilton, a member of the "Bonnie and Clyde" gang. He was sentenced by Walker County and executed on May 10, , for murder.
Hamilton and another man had escaped from death row, only to be captured and returned to death row. When capital punishment was declared "cruel and unusual punishment" by the U. Supreme Court on June 29, , there were 45 men on death row in Texas and seven in county jails with a death sentence.
All these sentences were commuted to life sentences by the governor of Texas, and death row was clear by March In , the average time spent on death row between sentencing and execution was months - 22 years. Prisoners often have to wait many years before being executed due to complex and time-consuming appeal procedures mandated in the jurisdiction. Five prisoners were executed between January and June Email us at exclusive the-sun.
Like us on Facebook at www. Contact Lawmakers. Stop Executions. Attend Events. Executions The State of Texas has executed people since Executions in Texas peaked in , when 40 people were put to death, and have steadily decreased since. New death sentences in Texas have decreased since peaking in , when juries sentenced 48 people to death.
Death sentences have remained in the single digits for the past six years. Capital trials resumed in the second half of and have resulted in two new death sentences in Texas: On August 6, , after deliberating for nearly eight hours, a Bexar County jury sentenced Otis McKane to death for killing San Antonio Police Detective Benjamin Marconi in It was the first new death sentence imposed by a jury in Texas since March and the first in Bexar County in more than five years.
A Smith County jury imposed the second death sentence of , condemning William Davis to death on October 27 for killing four patients in the ICU unit where he worked in Tyler.
Smith County is one of only three counties in Texas where juries have imposed more than one death sentence in the last five years the other two are Harris and Walker counties. Race The death penalty continues to be imposed disproportionately on people of color. Find fact sheets and more resources on the death penalty in Texas here! During his time on death row, Riles has been treated with heavy antipsychotic medications but was never deemed mentally competent to be executed, according to prosecutors and his attorneys.
He had been scheduled for execution in but got a stay due to competency issues. While Riles spent more than 45 years on death row in Texas, prisoners in the U. Martinez was not able to resentence Riles to life in prison without parole because it was not an option under state law at the time of his conviction. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles will automatically conduct a parole review in his case, Marcus said.
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