In the state of Texas, the judiciary has executed a convicted murderer. 64-year-old Billy Crutsinger officially died Wednesday night (local time) in Huntsville after administering a lethal injection.
He was sentenced to death in 2003 for the murder of an 89-year-old woman and her 71-year-old daughter. Crutsinger had stabbed the two according to the verdict and then stole a credit card and a car. He was employed by the women to work in their home in Fort Worth, Texas.
After the murder, he escaped, but was arrested after a short time, because he had settled with the stolen credit card bill in a bar. In court, the defense had argued that Crutsinger had become an alcoholic after the death of several family members. After consuming alcohol, he became aggressive.
Executions since 1976
Crutsingers wrote before his death, "Where I go, everything will be colorful." He said that he was "not completely correct", but not entirely wrong about the death penalty: "It is something that has to be done until something better comes along."
In Texas, a convicted murderer had recently been executed: 48-year-old Larry Swearingens was sentenced to death for rape and murder of a 19-year-old student in 1998, but until recently he asserted his innocence. At the end of August, the authorities killed him with a lethal injection.
date | Surname | Ethnic Origin | Federal State |
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01/13/2015 | Andrew Brannan | white | Georgia |
01/15/2015 | Johnny Kormondy | white | Florida |
01/15/2015 | Charles Warner | African-American | Oklahoma |
01/21/2015 | Arnold Prieto | Latino | Texas |
01/27/2015 | Warren Hill | African-American | Georgia |
01/29/2015 | Robert Ladd | African-American | Texas |
04/02/2015 | Donald Newbury | white | Texas |
02/11/2015 | Walter Storey | white | Missouri |
03/11/2015 | Manuel Vasquez | Latino | Texas |
03/17/2015 | Cecil Clayton | white | Missouri |
09/04/2015 | Kent Sprouse | white | Texas |
04/14/2015 | Andre Cole | African-American | Missouri |
15/04/2015 | Manuel Garza | Latino | Texas |
05/12/2015 | Derrick Charles | African-American | Texas |
06/03/2015 | Lester Bower | white | Texas |
09/06/2015 | Richard Strong | African-American | Missouri |
06/18/2015 | Gregory Russeau | African-American | Texas |
07/14/2015 | David Zink | white | Missouri |
08/12/2015 | Daniel Lopez | Latino | Texas |
09/01/2015 | Roderick Nunley | African-American | Missouri |
09/30/2015 | Kelly Gissendaner | white | Georgia |
01/10/2015 | Alfredo Prieto | Latino | Virginia |
06/10/2015 | Juan Garcia | Latino | Texas |
14/10/2015 | Licho Escamilla | Latino | Texas |
29/10/2015 | Jerry Correll | white | Florida |
18/11/2015 | Raphael Holiday | African-American | Texas |
19/11/2015 | Marcus Johnson | white | Georgia |
09/12/2015 | Brian Terrell | African-American | Georgia |
07/01/2016 | Oscar Bolin | white | Florida |
01/20/2016 | Richard Masterson | white | Texas |
01/21/2016 | Christopher Brooks | white | Alabama |
01/27/2016 | James Freeman | white | Texas |
03/02/2016 | Brandon Jones | African-American | Georgia |
02/16/2016 | Gustavo Garcia | Latino | Texas |
02/17/2016 | Travis Hittson | white | Georgia |
09/03/2016 | Coy Wesbrook | white | Texas |
03/22/2016 | Adam Ward | white | Texas |
03/31/2016 | Joshua Bishop | white | Georgia |
06/04/2016 | Pablo Vasquez | Latino | Texas |
04/12/2016 | Kenneth Fults | African-American | Georgia |
04/27/2016 | Daniel Lucas | white | Georgia |
05/11/2016 | Earl Forrest | white | Missouri |
07/15/2016 | John Conner | white | Georgia |
05/10/2016 | Barney Fuller | white | Texas |
19/10/2016 | Gregory Lawler | white | Georgia |
16/11/2016 | Steven Spears | white | Georgia |
06/12/2016 | William Sallie | white | Georgia |
08/12/2016 | Ronald Smith | white | Alabama |
01/11/2017 | Christopher Wilkins | white | Texas |
01/18/2017 | Ricky Gray | African-American | Virginia |
01/26/2017 | Terry Edwards | African-American | Texas |
01/31/2017 | Mark Christeson | white | Missouri |
07/03/2017 | Rolando Ruiz | Latino | Texas |
03/14/2017 | James Bigby | white | Texas |
04/20/2017 | Ledell Lee | African-American | Arkansas |
04/24/2017 | Jack Jones | white | Arkansas |
04/24/2017 | Marcel Williams | African-American | Arkansas |
04/27/2017 | Kenneth Williams | African-American | Arkansas |
05/17/2017 | JW Ledford | white | Georgia |
05/26/2017 | Thomas Arthur | white | Alabama |
08/06/2017 | Robert Melson | African-American | Alabama |
07/06/2017 | William Morva | white | Virginia |
07/26/2017 | Ronald Phillips | white | Ohio |
07/27/2017 | TaiChin Preyor | African-American | Texas |
08/24/2017 | Mark Asay | white | Florida |
09/13/2017 | Gary Otte | white | Ohio |
05/10/2017 | Cary Lambrix | white | Florida |
12/10/2017 | Robert Pruett | white | Texas |
19/10/2017 | Torrey McNabb | African-American | Alabama |
08/11/2017 | Patrick Hannon | white | Florida |
08/11/2017 | Ruben Cardenas | Latino | Texas |
01/18/2018 | Anthony Shore | white | Texas |
01/30/2018 | William Rayford | African-American | Texas |
02/01/2018 | John Battaglia | white | Texas |
02/22/2018 | Eric Branch | white | Florida |
03/15/2018 | Michael Eggers | white | Alabama |
03/15/2018 | Carlton Gary | African-American | Georgia |
03/27/2018 | Rosendo Rodriguez | Latino | Texas |
04/19/2018 | Walter Moody | white | Alabama |
04/25/2018 | Erick Davila | African-American | Texas |
05/04/2018 | Robert Butts | African-American | Georgia |
05/16/2018 | Juan Castillo | Latino | Texas |
06/27/2018 | Danny Bible | white | Texas |
07/17/2018 | Christopher Young | African-American | Texas |
07/18/2018 | Robert Van Hook | white | Ohio |
09/08/2018 | Billy Irick | white | Tennessee |
08/14/2018 | Carey Moore | white | Nebraska |
09/26/2018 | Troy Clark | white | Texas |
09/27/2018 | Daniel Acker | white | Texas |
29/10/2018 | Rodney Berget | white | South Dakota |
01/11/2018 | Edmund Zagorski | white | Tennessee |
14/11/2018 | Roberto Ramos | Latino | Texas |
04/12/2018 | Joseph Garcia | Latino | Texas |
06/12/2018 | David Miller | white | Tennessee |
12/11/2018 | Alvin Braziel | African-American | Texas |
13/12/2018 | Jose Jimenez | Latino | Florida |
01/30/2019 | Robert Jennings | African-American | Texas |
07/02/2019 | Domineque Ray | African-American | Alabama |
02/28/2019 | Billie Coble | white | Texas |
04/24/2019 | John King | white | Texas |
05/02/2019 | Scotty Morrow | African-American | Georgia |
05/16/2019 | Michael Samra | white | Alabama |
05/16/2019 | Donnie Johnson | white | Tennessee |
05/23/2019 | Robert Long | white | Florida |
05/31/2019 | Christopher Price | white | Alabama |
06/20/2019 | Marion Wilson | African-American | Georgia |
08/19/2019 | Stephen M. West | white | Tennessee |
08/21/2019 | Larry Swaringen | white | Texas |
08/22/2019 | Gary Bowles | white | Florida |
Source: Death Penalty Information Center
Crutsinger is the 14th prisoner to be executed in the United States this year. In Texas, the state with the most executions in decades, there were already five executions this year, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.