The Texas State Senate - Rodney Ellis Fact Check
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Fact Check from State Senator Rodney Ellis
For Immediate Release
May 30, 2001
Contact: Jeremy Warren, (512) 463-0113
Mentally Retarded Offenders Executed in Texas
Since the death penalty was reinstated in 1977, 35 offenders with mental retardation have been executed nationwide. Six offenders with mental retardation have been executed in Texas.
Defendants with Mentally Retardation executed in the Texas since 1982
| Name |
I.Q. |
Date of Execution |
Governor |
| Johnny Ray Anderson |
70 |
May 17, 1990 |
Clements |
| Johnny Frank Garrett |
dual diagnosis/MI |
February 11, 1992 |
Richards |
| Billy Wayne White |
66-69 |
April 23, 1992 |
Richards |
| Mario Marquez |
65 |
January 17, 1995 |
Richards |
| Terry Washington |
58-69 |
May 6, 1997 |
Bush |
| Oliver Cruz |
64-76 |
August 9, 2000 |
Bush
(Execution presided over by Lt. Gov. Rick Perry) |
Source: By Dr. Denis Keyes, William Edwards, Esq., & Robert Perske for the article, "People with Mental Retardation are Dying, Legally" from the Journal Mental Retardation, Feb. 1997, Vol. 35 No. 1; updated by the Death Penalty Information Center
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