Texas executes 600th inmate since death penalty was reinstated in 1976
Criminal Justice,Capital Punishment And Death Penalty,Texas,Death Sentences,Mental Health,People With Disabilities,Courts,Trial
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Texas executed its 600th inmate Thursday evening, administering a lethal injection to Edward Busby in Huntsville and reinforcing its status as the nation's leading death penalty state even as the pace of executions continues to slow.
Florida is a distant second, having executed 131 people since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976...
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