A combination sink and toilet sit in the open in the recreation room in a section of death row at the Texas prison system's Polunsky Unit near Livingston, Texas, Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2001.(AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)
Death row facts from Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice
The Polunsky Unit houses death row offenders separately in single-person cells measuring 60 square feet, with each cell having a window. Death row offenders are also recreated individually. Offenders on death row receive a regular diet, have access to reading, writing, and legal materials.
The following crimes are Capital Murder in Texas:
murder of a public safety officer or firefighter;
murder during the commission of kidnapping, burglary, robbery, aggravated sexual assault, arson, or obstruction or retaliation;
murder for remuneration;
murder during prison escape;
murder of a correctional employee;
murder by a state prison inmate who is serving a life sentence for any of five offenses (murder, capital murder, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated sexual assault, or aggravated robbery);
multiple murders;
murder of an individual under six years of age.
Lethal Injection Consists Of:
Sodium Thiopental (lethal dose - sedates person)
Pancuronium Bromide (muscle relaxant-collapses diaphragm and lungs)
Potassium Chloride (stops heart beat)
The offender is usually pronounced dead approximately 7 minutes after the lethal injection begins.
Cost per execution for drugs used : $86.08
Average Time on Death Row prior to Execution:
10.26 years
El Pasoans on death row
Fabian Hernandez, 2009.
Justen Hall, 2005.
David Renteria, 2003.
William Josef Berkley, 2002.
Irving Alvin Davis, 2002.
Rigoberto Avila Jr., 2001.
Ignacio Gomez, 1998.
Steven Brian Alvarado, 1993.
Tony Egbuna Ford, 1993.
David L. Wood, 1993.
Angel Rivera, 1987.
Cesar Fierro, 1980.
Source: Texas Department of Corrections.
More links:
Interview with William Josef Berkley, El Pasoan scheduled to die today at 5 p.m. local time
Scheduled executions in Texas
Chart: executions, 1930-2009
May our lord and savior reiceve this men and may forgivess be asked for there crime in truth and may there faith be given to the creator of the Earth and Heaven God Almighty forgives if we accept Jesus as our lord and saviour.
Posted by: fred | 04/22/2010 at 03:34 PM
"Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell..."
Psa. 55:15
Posted by: russ spencer | 04/22/2010 at 05:42 PM
Gomez should have died the moment the sentence was given, he has out lived the young men he killed in doubling the age of the victims. Why! El Paso is so slow in moving their men from death row to the grave is beyond reason. Maybe we should send some of our Houstians to show them how to get the job done fast and easy.
Posted by: WhoseWho | 09/07/2010 at 06:38 PM
Tony Egbuna Ford retaliated on a drug debt, while a little girl hid under a bed undetected.
She later identified an accomplice who did'nt do the shooting, and not charged with murder. These boys were kids when they did this, and did'nt kill the person they were looking for, just family members who were innocent. Terrible.
Posted by: Derrick Kerley | 10/08/2010 at 04:32 PM