Offenders With Mental Retardation 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 Mental 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
Jim Harrington director of the Texas Civil Rights Project estimates 68
inmates, or 15 percent of the 455 people on death row (June, 2002), could be considered mentally retarded under the Supreme Court ruling.
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