The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas between 1960 and 1964. During this period 29 people were executed by electrocution at the Huntsville Unit in Texas.The Espy File: 1608–2002. Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved 23 February 2009.List of Electrocuted Offenders . Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
Joseph Johnson became the last person in Texas to be executed by the electric chair on July 30, 1964. In addition, James Echols became the last person in Texas to be executed for a crime other than murder (for participating in a gang rape, on May 7, 1964). It would be 18 years before the next execution took place in Texas; all subsequent executions have been for murder. Echols was also the last juvenile offender to be executed in the United States prior to Furman v. Georgia. No other juvenile offenders would be executed in the United States until Charles Rumbaugh in 1985.
Executions 1960–1964 1960 – 8 executions#Executed personRaceAgeSexDate of executionCrime(s) Governor333 Junior Williams Black 30 M 05-Mar-1960Rape Price Daniel334 Nearvel Moon White 19 M 28-Apr-1960Murder-Robbery335 Howard Draper Jr. Black 28 M 26-May-1960Rape336 George William (or Williams)Black 30 M 08-Jul-1960Murder-Robbery337 Willie Philpot Black 27 M 15-Jul-1960Murder-Rape338 George Moses Black 30 M 12-Aug-1960Murder339 Eusebio Martinez Hispanic 26 M 27-Aug-1960Murder-Rape340 Samuel Holmes Black 22 M 30-Nov-1960Rape-Burglary1961 – 3 executions341 Charles Williams Black 20 M 03-Jun-1961Rape342 James Edwards Black 30 M 23-Jun-1961Rape-Kidnapping343 Fred Leath White 40 M 09-Nov-1961Murder1962 – 9 executions344 Charles Forgey White 23 M 10-Jan-1962Rape345 Roosevelt Wiley Black 29 M 11-Jan-1962Murder-Robbery346 Donald Wilson White 22 M 20-Mar-1962Murder-Robbery347 Adrian Johnson Black 19 M 19-Apr-1962Murder-Rape348 Herbert Bradley Black 20 M 15-May-1962Robbery349 Howard Stickney White 24 M 23-May-1962Murder350 Walter Mosley White 26 M 18-Jul-1962Murder351 Bobby Stein Black 29 M 05-Sep-1962Murder-Robbery352 Roscoe Gibson Black 39 M 06-Oct-1962Rape-Burglary1963 – 4 executions353 Joe Sneed Black 29 M 03-Jan-1963Rape354 Bennie McIntyre Black 20 M 20-Jan-1963Rape John Connally355 Leo Luton White 34 M 20-Feb-1963Murder-Robbery356 John Lavan Jr.Black 34 M 31-Mar-1963Murder-Robbery-Burglary1964 – 5 executions357 Jesse Parker Black 23 M 12-Feb-1964Rape-Kidnapping358 Bobby Bradford Black 32 M 11-Mar-1964Murder359 Lawrence O'ConnorBlack 26 M 26-Apr-1964Rape-Robbery360 James Echols Black 19 M 07-May-1964361 Joseph Johnson Jr.Black 30 M 30-Jul-1964Murder
See also Capital punishment in Texas
References
External links Death Row 1923-1973. Texas Department of Criminal Justice