Texas Executions Far Surpass Any Other State

    Texas has carried out more than half of the nation's total executions in 2002. The September 10th execution of Tony Walker was the state's 24th this year, nearly five times as many executions as the next leading state (Missouri). Since the reinstatement of the death penalty, Texas has executed 280 death row inmates, more than one-third of the country's 796 executions. Among the Texas executions are the last six executions of juvenile offenders in the United States. Texas is one of the few jurisdictions in the world to carry out such executions in the past two years. DPIC

12/09/02