Texas Death Row Population Includes 11 Harris County Inmates Confined for 30-Plus Years

Harris County juries sentenced more than 200 people to death during a 20-year period beginning in 1979 when Johnny Holmes was the district attorney. Some have died by lethal injection and some have been resentenced or succumbed to old age, but many remain on death row, serving out their sentences…

Harris County juries sentenced more than 200 people to death during a 20-year period beginning in 1979 when Johnny Holmes was the district attorney. Some have died by lethal injection and some have been resentenced or succumbed to old age, but many remain on death row, serving out their sentences with no execution date in sight…