List of individuals executed in Texas, 2010–
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The following is a list of individuals executed by the U.S. state
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
# 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
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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
Source: List of executed offenders by the TDCJ
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is a department of the government of the state of Texas. The TDCJ is responsible for statewide criminal justice for adult offenders, including managing offenders in state prisons, state jails and private correctional facilities, funding and certain...

 since 1982.

External links

  • Death Row Information. Texas Department of Criminal Justice
    Texas Department of Criminal Justice
    The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is a department of the government of the state of Texas. The TDCJ is responsible for statewide criminal justice for adult offenders, including managing offenders in state prisons, state jails and private correctional facilities, funding and certain...

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