L ast week, the state of Texas executed its 500th death row inmate since reinstating "ultimate justice" in 1982. (Officials offered to provide a Christian chaplain instead.) Texas Death Row Inmate Name: James Pavatt. Jack Harry Smith died Friday at the age of 78; He was convicted in … Last Words: "That'll be five dollars, take care." Time on death row: 17 years. Texas Death Row Inmates' Last Words Apr 28, 2015. Texas death row inmate Prisoner Carl Buntion, in his last interview with a media outlet, tells how he is facing the lethal injection with which the state of Texas plans to execute him this Thursday. Allan B. Polunsky Unit, a.k.a. Devries committed suicide July 1, 1974, by hanging himself with bed sheets. He writes, “The cells have a small window at one end. As of Tuesday, more than 5,300 inmates statewide had tested positive for the virus and 29 had died. Riles was convicted of the murder of John Henry in 1974 during a robbery and sentenced to death the following year. 26 of 72. Rosendo Rodriguez III, dubbed the "Suitcase Killer," was executed on March 27, 2018, for the 2005 rape and murder of a 29-year-old Lubbock woman. Texas Death Row Inmates 4/21/2022, 6:14:20 AM. Victim's daughter attending Texas inmate's execution: "I wanted to ... Death Row killers who refused to die Buntion is the oldest person executed by Texas. Under the new statute, the first man (#507 John Devries) was placed on death row on February 15, 1974. Name: Charles Ng. Montgomery, a victim of sex trafficking who suffers from psychosis and complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, is the only woman on federal death row. Longest Time on Death Row: Larry McKay, 2/26/56, 66 years old and Michael Sample, 5/23/56, 65 years old Convicted in Shelby County On Death Row since February 1983. The basics: This maximum-security lockup near Montgomery includes women's death row. Youngest Male on Death Row: Urshawn Miller, 1/06/89, 33 years old Convicted in Madison County On Death Row since March 2018. WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Supreme Court’s last case of the year Dec. 9 looked at when death-row inmates can raise claims that they were given ineffective counsel. Crutsinger is the only death row inmate from Tarrant County to have been executed this year. Erick Davila, 31, Texas. Devries committed suicide July 1, 1974, by hanging himself with bed sheets. Then, just a month later, the court postponed a Buddhist man’s execution in Texas after he filed a nearly identical complaint.