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- 1 2 List of Electrocuted Offenders Archived 2011-06-12 at the Wayback Machine . Texas Department of Criminal Justice . Retrieved 23 February 2009.
- 1 2 "Johnson v. State". Justia Law. Retrieved 2017-06-24.
- 1 2 "Negro Draws Chair For Rape of Woman". Del Rio News Herald. Associated Press. April 18, 1963. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
- ↑ "Texas Negro Is Executed For Robbery". The Titusville Herald. Associated Press. May 17, 1962. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
- ↑ "Negro dies in Texas electric chair for wounding white man". Indianapolis Recorder. May 19, 1962. Retrieved June 25, 2017.