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State of Texas executes Blaine Milam

After four months without executions in Texas, the State put Blaine Milam to death on September 25, 2025. Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court of the United States denied […]

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State of Texas executes Matthew Johnson

Last night, May 20, 2025, Texas executed Matthew Johnson. In 2013, a Dallas County jury sentenced him to death for killing Nancy Harris while robbing the convenience store where she worked […]

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State of Texas executes Moises Sandoval Mendoza

Last night, April 23, 2025, the State of Texas executed Moises Sandoval Mendoza after the Supreme Court of the United States denied his application for a stay of execution and a […]

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State of Texas executes Richard Tabler

Last night, February 13, 2025, Texas carried out its second execution in a week, putting Richard Tabler to death for killing Mohamed-Amine Rahmouni and Haitham Zayed after a dispute in Bell […]

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State of Texas executes Steven Nelson

Last night, February 5, 2025, the State of Texas executed Steven Nelson after the Supreme Court of the United States refused to intervene, denying his petition for a writ of certiorari […]

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State of Texas executes Garcia White

Last week, the United States reached a horrendous milestone: The 1,600th execution in the “modern” era of the death penalty (since 1976). The Death Penalty Information Center notes that this is […]

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State of Texas executes Travis Mullis

Last night, September 24, 2024, the State of Texas executed Travis Mullis. In 2011, a jury in Galveston County sentenced Mullis to death for killing his three-month-old son, Alijah. Because Mullis […]

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State of Texas executes Arthur Burton

Last night, August 7, 2024, the State of Texas executed Arthur Lee Burton. Burton was convicted of assaulting and killing Nancy Adleman, a mother of three who was jogging near […]