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Raymond George Riles (born June 1, 1950) is an American convicted murderer who was on death row in Texas from 1976 until he was resentenced to life imprisonment in June 2021. At the time of his resentencing, Riles had been on death row longer than anyone else in the United States. He was convicted of the December 1974 capital murder of John ...
Murdered 20-year-old Navy Petty Officer Amanda Jean Snell in Virginia . 10 years, 35 days. Northern Neck Regional Jail. 16054-084. Avila-Torrez was later linked to the rapes and murders of eight-year-old Laura Hobbs and nine-year-old Krystal Tobias in his hometown of Zion, Illinois . Robert Gregory Bowers.
The list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas, with the exception of 1819–1849, is divided into periods of 10 years. Since 1819, 1,340 people (all but nine of whom have been men) have been executed in Texas as of 29 June 2024. Between 1819 and 1923, 390 people were executed by hanging in the county where the trial took place. [1]
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas between 1982 (when the state resumed executions) to 1989. All of the 33 people during this period were convicted of murder and have been executed by lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas .
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas 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 by lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas. [1] [2] The count is the most of any decade in Texas history, surpassing ...
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas since 2020. To date, 21 people have been executed since 2020. To date, 21 people have been executed since 2020. All of the people during this period were convicted of murder and have been executed by lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas .
Longest held prisoner on death row in Texas. Sentenced to death for shooting and killing a service station attendant in 1976. Iwao Hakamada: September 11, 1968 March 27, 2014 45 years, 197 days Japan: Granted a retrial and found innocent after it was determined that the evidence used to convict him the first time was forged. Raymond Riles
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas between 1960 and 1964. During this period 29 people were executed by electrocution at the Huntsville Unit in Texas. [1] [2] Joseph Johnson became the last person in Texas to be executed by the electric chair on July 30, 1964. [3] In addition, Lawrence O'Connor became the last ...