List of people executed in Texas, 2020–present

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The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas since 2020. To date, 23 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. [1]

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Executions 2020–present

The number in the "#" column indicates the nth person executed since 1982 (when Texas resumed the death penalty). As an example, John Steven Gardner (the first person executed in Texas during the 2020 decade) was the 568th person executed since resumption of the death penalty.

2020 3 executions
#Executed personEthnicityAgeSexDate of
execution
CountyVictim(s)Governor

[2]

568John Steven GardnerWhite64M15-Jan-2020 Collin Tammy Gardner Greg Abbott
569Abel Revill OchoaHispanic47M06-Feb-2020 Dallas 5 murder victims [lower-alpha 1]
570Billy Joe WardlowWhite45M08-Jul-2020 Titus Carl Cole
2021 3 executions
571 Quintin Phillippe Jones Black41M19-May-2021 Tarrant Berthena Bryant
572John William HummelWhite45M30-Jun-2021Joy Keziyah Hummel, Jodi Ruth Hummel, and Clyde Bedford
573Rick Allan RhoadesWhite57M28-Sep-2021 Harris Bradley Allen and Charles Allen
2022 5 executions
574 Carl Wayne Buntion White78M21-Apr-2022 Harris Houston police officer James Bruce Irby
575Kosoul ChanthakoummaneAsian41M17-Aug-2022 Collin Sarah Anne Walker
576 John Henry Ramirez Hispanic38M05-Oct-2022 Nueces Pablo Castro
577Tracy Lane BeattyWhite61M09-Nov-2022 Smith Carolyn Click
578Stephen Dale BarbeeWhite55M16-Nov-2022 Tarrant Lisa Underwood and Jayden Underwood
2023 8 executions
579Robert Alan FrattaWhite65M10-Jan-2023 Harris Farah Fratta
580Wesley Lynn RuizHispanic43M01-Feb-2023 Dallas Dallas police officer Mark Timothy Nix
581John Lezell BalentineBlack54M08-Feb-2023 Potter Mark Edward Caylor, Kai Brooke Geyer, and Steven Brady Watson
582Gary GreenBlack51M07-Mar-2023 Dallas Lovetta Armstead and Jazzmen Montgomery
583 Arthur Brown Jr. Black52M09-Mar-2023 Harris 4 murder victims [lower-alpha 2]
584Jedidiah Isaac MurphyWhite48M10-Oct-2023 Dallas Bertie Lee Cunningham
585Brent Ray BrewerWhite53M09-Nov-2023 Randall Robert Doyle Laminack
586 David Santiago Renteria Native American53M16-Nov-2023 El Paso Alexandra Flores
2024 4 executions
587 Ivan Abner Cantu Hispanic50M28-Feb-2024 Collin James Edwin Mosqueda and Amy Michelle Kitchen
588Ramiro Felix GonzalesHispanic41M26-Jun-2024 Medina Bridget Townsend
589Arthur Lee BurtonBlack54M07-Aug-2024 Harris Nancy Adleman
590 Travis James Mullis White38M24-Sep-2024 Galveston Alijah James Mullis
Source: List of executed offenders by the TDCJ since 1982. [1]
Preceded by
List of people executed in Texas, 2010–2019
Lists of people executed in Texas Succeeded by
Current list

Notes

  1. The 5 victims were: Cecilia Ochoa, Crystal Ochoa, Anahi Ochoa, Bartolo Alvizo, and Jacqueline Saleh.
  2. The 4 victims were: Jose Tovar, Jessica Quiñones, Frank Farias, and Audrey Brown.

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References

  1. 1 2 List of Executed Offenders. Texas Department of Criminal Justice . Retrieved 26 September 2012. Note the list is updated within 1-2 days after the actual execution.
  2. In some cases, the offender may not have been tried for some of the victims listed, as a death sentence was rendered in a prior case.