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Last words of the executed

Alessandro Piana

Could you imagine what your last words would be if you were to die in a few minutes? "Last words of the executed" collects and reviews the last words of 500+ death row inmates that were executed by the State of Texas since 1982. Love, forgiveness, remorse, religion are few of the themes chosen by the inmates as their own perpetual legacy.

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"Last words of the executed" collects and reviews the last words of 500+ death row inmates that were executed by the State of Texas since 1982. Love, forgiveness, remorse, religion are few of the themes chosen by the inmates as their own perpetual legacy. 

The content of the book, except for the introduction and the conclusion, is owned by Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

All revenues received for the book will be donated to the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty.

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Contents

Table of Contents

1982

  1. December 07 - Brooks, Jr., Charlie

1984

  1. March 31 - O’Bryan, Ronald
  2. October 30 - Barefoot, Thomas

1985

  1. January 16 - Skillern, Doyle
  2. March 13 - Morin, Stephen
  3. June 25 - Milton, Charles
  4. July 09 - Porter, Henry
  5. September 11 - Rumbaugh, Charles

1986

  1. March 12 - Bass, Charles
  2. May 15 - Pinkerton, Jay
  3. August 20 - Woolls, Randy
  4. August 22 - Smith, Larry
  5. December 04 - Evans, Michael

1987

  1. May 28 - Williams, Anthony

1989

  1. March 22 - King, Leon
  2. September 20 - Paster, James
  3. December 07 - De Luna, Carlos

1990

  1. April 21 - Butler, Jerome
  2. May 17 - Anderson, Johnny
  3. July 18 - Derrick, Mikel

1991

  1. February 26 - Buxton, Lawrence
  2. May 23 - Cuevas, Ignacio
  3. June 17 - Bird, Jerry
  4. September 19 - Russell, James
  5. November 12 - Green, G.W.

1992

  1. February 28 - Clark, David
  2. March 03 - Ellis, Edward
  3. May 07 - May, Justin
  4. May 20 - Romero, Jr., Jesus

1993

  1. May 12 - Herrera, Leonel
  2. June 29 - Duff-Smith, Markum
  3. July 30 - Harris, Danny
  4. August 20 - Kelly, Carl
  5. August 31 - Wilkerson, Richard
  6. November 10 - Cook, Anthony
  7. December 15 - Phillips, Clifford

1994

  1. February 02 - Barnard, Harold
  2. March 31 - Webb, Freddie
  3. May 27 - Nethery, Stephen
  4. June 14 - Crank, Denton
  5. August 02 - Drew, Robert
  6. September 16 - Gutierrez, Jessie
  7. October 05 - Williams, Walter
  8. November 22 - Bridge, Warren
  9. December 06 - Clark, Jr., Herman
  10. December 11 - Kinnamon, Raymond

1995

  1. January 04 - Jacobs, Jesse
  2. January 17 - Marquez, Mario
  3. January 31 - Russell, Jr., Clifton
  4. January 31 - Williams, Willie
  5. February 07 - Motley, Jeffery
  6. February 16 - Gardner, Billy
  7. June 01 - Mann, Fletcher
  8. June 20 - Fearance, John
  9. August 15 - Sattiewhite, Vernon
  10. September 19 - Johnson, Carl
  11. December 07 - Vuong, Hai

1996

  1. September 18 - Gonzales, Jr., Joe

1997

  1. February 10 - Brimage, Jr., Richard
  2. March 12 - Barefield, John
  3. April 02 - Herman, David
  4. April 03 - Spence, David
  5. April 16 - Gentry, Kenneth
  6. May 13 - Westley, Anthony
  7. May 16 - Belyeu, Clifton
  8. May 20 - Lackey, Clarence
  9. May 21 - Callins, Bruce
  10. May 22 - White, Larry
  11. May 28 - Madden, Robert
  12. June 02 - Rogers, Patrick
  13. June 03 - Harris, Kenneth
  14. June 04 - Johnson, Jr., Dorsie
  15. June 04 - Losada, Davis
  16. June 11 - Behringer, Earl
  17. June 16 - Stoker, David
  18. June 17 - Johnson, Eddie
  19. June 18 - Montoya, Irineo
  20. July 29 - West, Jr., Robert
  21. September 09 - Davis, James
  22. September 22 - Turner, Jessel
  23. September 30 - Cockrum, John
  24. October 01 - Adanandus, Dwight
  25. October 08 - Green, Ricky
  26. October 28 - Ransom, Kenneth
  27. November 04 - Lauti, Aua
  28. November 06 - Fuller, Aaron
  29. November 19 - Sharp, Michael
  30. November 21 - Livingston, Charlie
  31. December 09 - Lockhart, Michael

1998

  1. February 03 - Tucker, Karla
  2. February 09 - Renfro, Steven
  3. March 11 - Hogue, Jerry
  4. April 22 - Cannon, Joseph
  5. April 29 - McFarland, Frank
  6. May 18 - Carter, Robert
  7. May 19 - Muniz, Pedro
  8. June 11 - Boggess, Clifford
  9. June 15 - Pyles, Johnny
  10. August 26 - Camacho, Jr., Genaro
  11. September 09 - Teague, Jr., Delbert
  12. September 23 - Castillo, David
  13. October 01 - Cruz, Javier
  14. October 07 - Nobles, Jonathan
  15. November 17 - McDuff, Kenneth
  16. December 07 - Corwin, Daniel
  17. December 08 - Emery, Jeff
  18. December 15 - Meanes, James

1999

  1. January 05 - Moody, John
  2. January 13 - Farris, Troy
  3. January 26 - Vega, Martin
  4. February 10 - Cordova, George
  5. February 11 - Barber, Danny
  6. March 26 - Rector, Charles
  7. April 28 - Foust, Aaron
  8. July 01 - Tuttle, Charles
  9. July 07 - Fuller, Tyrone
  10. August 05 - Boyd, Charles
  11. September 10 - Barnes, Willis
  12. September 14 - Davis, William
  13. October 12 - Crane, Alvin
  14. October 28 - Cantu, Jr., Domingo
  15. November 17 - Lamb, John
  16. November 18 - Gutierrez, Jose
  17. December 08 - Long, David
  18. December 09 - Beathard, James
  19. December 14 - Atworth, Robert
  20. December 15 - Felder, Jr., Sammie

2000

  1. January 12 - Heiselbetz, Jr., Earl
  2. January 18 - Goodman, Spencer
  3. January 20 - Hicks, David
  4. January 24 - Hughes, Jr., Billy
  5. January 27 - Moreland, James
  6. February 23 - Goss, Cornelius
  7. March 01 - Barnes, Jr., Odell
  8. March 15 - Gribble, Timothy
  9. May 04 - Jackson, Tommy
  10. May 09 - Kitchens, William
  11. May 11 - McBride, Michael
  12. May 23 - Richardson, James
  13. May 24 - Foster, Richard
  14. May 25 - Clayton, James
  15. May 31 - Carter, Robert
  16. June 12 - Mason, Thomas
  17. June 14 - Burks, John
  18. June 15 - Nuncio, Paul
  19. June 22 - Graham, Gary
  20. June 29 - San Miguel, Jessy
  21. July 12 - Joiner, Orien
  22. July 26 - Soria, Juan
  23. August 09 - Roberson, Brian
  24. August 09 - Cruz, Oliver
  25. August 22 - Jones, Richard
  26. August 23 - Gibbs, David
  27. August 30 - Caldwell, Jeffery
  28. September 27 - McGinn, Ricky
  29. November 01 - Dillingham, Jeffery
  30. November 09 - Flores, Miguel
  31. November 14 - Lawton, Stacey
  32. November 15 - Chambers, Tony
  33. December 05 - Miller, Garry
  34. December 06 - Hittle, Daniel
  35. December 07 - Jones, Claude

2001

  1. January 09 - Clark, Jack
  2. January 18 - Goodwin, Alvin
  3. February 08 - Hernandez, Adolph
  4. March 07 - Dowthitt, Dennis
  5. April 03 - Massey, Jason
  6. April 25 - Goff, David
  7. June 13 - Wheat, John
  8. June 26 - Richardson, Miguel
  9. July 11 - Wilkens, James
  10. August 08 - Hill, Mack
  11. August 16 - Doughtie, Jeffery
  12. October 22 - Mitchell, Gerald
  13. November 14 - Tucker, Jeffery
  14. November 15 - Rudd, Emerson
  15. December 12 - Cooks, Vincent

2002

  1. January 09 - Moore, Michael
  2. January 16 - Arnold, Jermarr
  3. January 30 - Broussard, Windell
  4. January 31 - Hafdahl, Sr., Randall
  5. February 28 - Delk, Monty
  6. March 07 - Tigner, Gerald
  7. April 10 - Santellan, Sr., Jose
  8. April 11 - Burns, William
  9. April 30 - Hernandez, Rodolfo
  10. May 09 - Reeves, Reginald
  11. May 16 - Styron, Ronford
  12. May 22 - Martinez, Johnny
  13. May 28 - Beazley, Napoleon
  14. May 30 - Baker, Jr., Stanley
  15. June 25 - Coulson, Robert
  16. June 26 - Williams, Jeffrey
  17. August 07 - Kutzner, Richard
  18. August 08 - Jones, T.J.
  19. August 14 - Medina, Javier
  20. August 20 - Etheridge, Gary
  21. August 28 - Patterson, Toronto
  22. September 10 - Walker, Tony
  23. September 18 - Shamburger, Ron
  24. September 24 - Mays, Rex
  25. September 25 - King, Calvin
  26. October 01 - Powell, James
  27. November 19 - Ogan, Craig
  28. November 20 - Chappell, William
  29. December 11 - Collier, James

2003

  1. January 14 - Gallamore, Samuel
  2. January 22 - Lookingbill, Robert
  3. January 28 - Curry, Alva
  4. January 29 - Dinkins, Richard
  5. January 30 - Riddle, Granville
  6. February 06 - Dunn, Jr., Henry
  7. February 25 - Williams, Richard
  8. March 11 - Cook, Bobby
  9. March 20 - Clay, Keith
  10. March 26 - Colburn, James
  11. April 22 - Chavez, John
  12. May 15 - Jacobs, Bruce
  13. June 11 - Johnson, Kia
  14. July 02 - Crawford, Hilton
  15. July 23 - Ransom, Cedric
  16. July 24 - Janecka, Allen
  17. September 10 - Hayes, Larry
  18. December 03 - Duncan, Richard
  19. December 04 - Murphy, Ivan

2004

  1. January 14 - Bruce, Kenneth
  2. January 21 - Zimmerman, Kevin
  3. January 28 - Vickers, Billy
  4. February 11 - Lagrone, Edward
  5. February 17 - Willingham, Cameron
  6. March 03 - Cotton, Marcus
  7. May 18 - Patterson, Kelsey
  8. June 30 - Harris, David
  9. August 25 - Busby, Jasen
  10. August 26 - Allridge, III, James
  11. September 21 - Flores, Andrew
  12. October 05 - Green, Edward
  13. October 06 - Miniel, Peter
  14. October 12 - Aldrich, Donald
  15. October 20 - Morrow, Ricky
  16. October 26 - Green, Dominique
  17. November 04 - Morrow, Robert
  18. November 09 - McCullum, Demarco
  19. November 10 - McWilliams, Frederick
  20. November 17 - Fuentes, Anthony

2005

  1. January 04 - Porter, James
  2. January 25 - Kunkle, Troy
  3. February 17 - Bagwell, Dennis
  4. March 08 - Hopper, George
  5. April 20 - Roberts, Douglas
  6. May 03 - Pursley, Lonnie
  7. May 18 - Wolfe, Bryan
  8. May 19 - Cartwright, Richard
  9. June 07 - Martinez, Alexander
  10. July 28 - Martinez, David
  11. August 10 - Sterling, Gary
  12. October 06 - Howard, Ronald
  13. October 20 - Ramirez, Luis
  14. November 03 - White, Melvin
  15. November 09 - Thacker, Charles
  16. November 15 - Rowell, Robert
  17. November 16 - Thomas, Shannon

2006

  1. January 31 - Elizalde, Jr., Jaime
  2. February 08 - Neville, Jr., Robert
  3. February 15 - Smith, Jr., Clyde
  4. March 15 - Hughes, Tommie
  5. March 22 - Salazar, Jr., Robert
  6. March 29 - Kincy, Kevin
  7. May 04 - Wilson, Jackie
  8. May 17 - Herron, Jermaine
  9. May 24 - Aguilar, Jesus
  10. June 06 - Titsworth, Timothy
  11. June 20 - Reese, Lamont
  12. June 27 - Resendiz, Angel
  13. July 11 - O’Brien, Derrick
  14. July 19 - Brown, Mauriceo
  15. July 20 - Anderson, Robert
  16. August 03 - Wyatt, Jr., William
  17. August 17 - Hinojosa, Richard
  18. August 24 - Fuller, Justin
  19. August 31 - Frazier, Derrick
  20. September 12 - Matchett, Farley
  21. November 01 - Jackson, Donell
  22. November 08 - Shannon, Willie

2007

  1. January 10 - Granados, Carlos
  2. January 17 - Moore, Jonathan
  3. February 07 - Jackson, James
  4. February 22 - Anderson, Newton
  5. March 06 - Perez, Robert
  6. March 07 - Nichols, Joseph
  7. March 20 - Nealy, Charles
  8. March 28 - Gutierrez, Vincent
  9. March 29 - Pippin, Roy
  10. April 11 - Clark, James
  11. April 26 - Dickson, Ryan
  12. June 20 - Rodriguez, Lionell
  13. June 21 - Reyes, Gilberto
  14. June 26 - Knight, Patrick
  15. July 24 - Johnson, Lonnie
  16. August 15 - Parr, Kenneth
  17. August 22 - Conner, Johnny
  18. August 28 - Mosley, Daroyce
  19. August 29 - Amador, John
  20. September 05 - Roach, Tony
  21. September 25 - Richard, Michael

2008

  1. June 11 - Chamberlain, Karl
  2. July 10 - Turner, Carlton
  3. July 31 - Davis, Larry
  4. August 05 - Medellin, Jose
  5. August 07 - Chi, Heliberto
  6. August 12 - Dorsey, Leon
  7. August 14 - Rodriguez, Michael
  8. September 17 - Murray, William
  9. October 14 - Kelly, Alvin
  10. October 16 - Watts, Kevin
  11. October 21 - Ries, Joseph
  12. October 30 - Wright, Gregory
  13. November 06 - Taylor, Elkie
  14. November 12 - Whitaker, III, George
  15. November 13 - Manns, Denard
  16. November 20 - Hudson, Robert

2009

  1. January 14 - Moore, Curtis
  2. January 21 - Moore, Frank
  3. January 22 - Perkins, Reginald
  4. January 28 - Martinez, Virgil
  5. January 29 - Ortiz, Ricardo
  6. February 04 - Martinez, David
  7. February 10 - Scheanette, Dale
  8. February 12 - Johnson, Johnny
  9. March 03 - Pondexter, Willie
  10. March 04 - Morris, Kenneth
  11. March 10 - Martinez, James
  12. March 11 - Salazar, Luis
  13. April 15 - Rosales, Michael
  14. April 30 - Johnson, Derrick
  15. May 19 - Riley, Michael
  16. June 02 - Hankins, Terry
  17. September 16 - Moody, Stephen
  18. September 22 - Coleman, Christopher
  19. October 27 - Blanton, Reginald
  20. November 05 - Oliver, Khristian
  21. November 10 - Valle, Yosvanis
  22. November 18 - Simpson, Danielle
  23. November 19 - Thompson, Robert
  24. December 03 - Woods, Bobby

2010

  1. January 12 - Johnson, Gary
  2. March 02 - Sigala, Michael
  3. March 11 - Maxwell, Joshua
  4. March 30 - Alix, Franklin
  5. April 22 - Berkley, William
  6. May 12 - Varga, Kevin
  7. May 13 - Galloway, Billy
  8. May 19 - Cannady, Rogelio
  9. May 25 - Alba, John
  10. June 02 - Jones, George
  11. July 01 - Perry, Michael
  12. July 20 - Jackson, Derrick
  13. October 21 - Wooten, Larry

2011

  1. February 15 - Hall, Michael
  2. May 03 - Kerr, Cary
  3. June 01 - Bradford, Gayland
  4. June 16 - Taylor, Lee
  5. June 21 - Mathis, Milton
  6. July 07 - Leal, Humberto
  7. July 20 - Stroman, Mark
  8. August 10 - Robles, Martin
  9. September 13 - Woods, Steven
  10. October 27 - Garcia, Frank
  11. November 16 - Esparza, Guadalupe

2012

  1. January 26 - Hernandez, Rodrigo
  2. February 29 - Rivas, George
  3. March 07 - Thurmond, Keith
  4. March 28 - Hernandez, Jesse
  5. April 26 - Adams, Beunka
  6. July 18 - Hearn, Yokamon
  7. August 07 - Wilson, Marvin
  8. September 20 - Harris, Robert
  9. September 25 - Foster, Cleve
  10. October 10 - Green, Jonathan
  11. October 24 - Hines, Bobby
  12. October 31 - Roberts, Jr., Donnie
  13. November 14 - Hernandez, Ramon
  14. November 15 - Hughes, Preston

2013

  1. February 21 - Blue, Carl
  2. April 09 - Lewis, Ricky
  3. April 16 - Threadgill, Ronnie
  4. April 25 - Cobb, Richard
  5. May 07 - Parr, Carroll
  6. May 15 - Williams, Jeffrey
  7. June 12 - Chester, Elroy
  8. June 26 - McCarthy, Kimberly
  9. July 16 - Quintanilla, John
  10. July 18 - Ross, Vaughn
  11. July 31 - Feldman, Douglas
  12. September 19 - Garza, Robert
  13. September 26 - Diaz, Arturo
  14. October 09 - Yowell, Michael
  15. November 12 - McCoskey, Jamie
  16. December 03 - Martin, Jerry

2014

  1. March 19 - Jasper, Ray
  2. April 09 - Hernandez, Ramiro
  3. April 16 - Villegas, Jose
  4. September 10 - Trottie, Willie
  5. September 17 - Coleman, Lisa
  6. October 28 - Paredes, Miguel

2015

  1. January 21 - Prieto, Arnold
  2. January 29 - Ladd, Robert
  3. February 04 - Newbury, Donald
  4. March 12 - Vasquez, Manuel
  5. April 09 - Sprouse, Kent
  6. April 15 - Garza, Manuel
  7. May 12 - Charles, Derrick
  8. June 03 - Bower, Lester
  9. June 18 - Russeau, Gregory
  10. August 12 - Lopez, Daniel
  11. October 06 - Garcia, Juan
  12. October 14 - Escamilla, Licho
  13. November 18 - Holiday, Raphael

2016

  1. January 20 - Masterson, Richard
  2. January 27 - Freeman, James
  3. February 16 - Garcia, Gustavo
  4. March 09 - Wesbrook, Coy
  5. March 22 - Ward, Adam
  6. April 06 - Vasquez, Pablo

2017

  1. January 26 - Edwards, Terry
  2. March 07 - Ruiz, Roland
  3. March 14 - Bigby, James Eugene
  4. July 27 - Preyor, Taichin
  5. October 12 - Pruett, Robert Lynn
  6. November 08 - Cardenas, Ruben Ramirez

2018

  1. January 18 - Shore, Anthony
  2. January 30 - Rayford, William Earl
  3. February 01 - Battaglia, John David
  4. March 27 - Rodriguez III, Rosendo
  5. April 25 - Davila, Erick Daniel
  6. June 16 - Castillo, Juan Edward
  7. July 10 - Young, Christopher Anthony
  8. September 26 - Clark, Troy
  9. November 14 - Ramos, Robert Moreno
  10. December 04 - Garcia, Joseph Christopher
  11. December 11 - Braziel, Alvin Avon Jr.

2019

  1. January 30 - Jennings, Robert Mitchell
  2. February 28 - Coble, Billy Wayne
  3. April 24 - King, John William
  4. August 21 - Swearingen, Larry Ray
  5. September 04 - Crutsinger, Billy Jack
  6. September 10 - Soliz, Mark Anthony
  7. September 25 - Sparks, Robert

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