Deep East Texas Inmates Executed on Death Row

According to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice website, there have been over 600 inmates executed on death row since 1982. Of those, large numbers came from counties like Harris, Bexar and others - the larger the population, the bigger the number of crimes, criminals, and so on and so forth. However, Deep East Texas has a few inmates that were included in the TDCJ executed inmates list.

Deep East Texans Executed on Death Row

Of the many criminals that have been executed, 10 of them have come from Deep East Texas. Houston County, Jasper County, Nacogdoches County, Newton County, Sabine County, San Jacinto County, Shelby County and Trinity County have each had one inmate from there executed. Polk County has had two.

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The most recent execution from Deep East Texas was in 2019 when John King was executed for the 1998 murder of James Byrd Jr. in Jasper County. The oldest took place in 1999 when Ricky Blackmon was executed for the 1987 murder of Carl Rinkle in Shelby County.

Deep East Texas Counties with No Executions

Of the 12 counties that make up Deep East Texas, there are three without any executions since the TDCJ records start at 1982. Those counties are Angelina County, San Augustine County and Tyler County.

Now, there is currently an inmate on death row for a crime in Angelina County, so that will bring those Deep East Texas counties without an execution down to two. But, as of right now, there are three.

You can see the list of Deep East Texas inmates that have been executed below:

Deep East Texans Executed on Death Row

According to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice website, there have been over 600 inmates executed in Texas since 1982. Out of all those, 10 of them have ties to Deep East Texas.