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The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas between 1950 and 1959. During this period 76 people were executed by electrocution at the Huntsville Unit in Texas.

Three electrocutions took place on September 5, 1951; though no intervening law to prohibit multiple executions on a single day was passed, since this date Texas has not executed more than two people in a single day.

Executions 1950–1959

See also

• Capital punishment in Texas

References

1. ^ The Espy File: 1608–2002. Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
2. ^ List of Electrocuted Offenders Archived 2011-06-12 at the Wayback Machine. Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
3. "Negro Mother Begs Board to Spare Life of Her Doomed Son". Lubbock Morning Avalanche. United Press International. 1958-05-29. p. 2. Archived from the original on 2023-06-01. Retrieved 2023-06-01 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "ALVIN CHARLES BLANKENSHIP v. STATE". Justia. 1957-12-18. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
5. O'Neill, Piepenbring, Tom, Dan (24 November 2019). "Louis Jolyon West seems to have used chemicals and hypnosis liberally in his medical practice, possibly leading to the death of a child and the execution of an innocent man - Inside the Archive of an LSD Researcher With Ties to the CIA's MKUltra Mind Control Project". The Intercept. First Look Media. Retrieved August 22, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
6. "1953: Dr. Wolff and Dr. Hinkle investigate Communist Brainwashing". AHRP. Alliance for Human Research Protection.

External links

• Death Row 1923-1973. Texas Department of Criminal Justice

• Lists of people executed in Texas
• 20th-century executions by Texas
• 1950s-related lists
• 1950s in Texas