Practicing Texas Politics, Eleventh Edition
Lyle C. Brown, Baylor University Sonia R. Garcia, St. Mary's University Robert S. Trotter, Jr., El Centro College Joyce A. Langenegger, San Jacinto College
Political Updates Chapter Nine: Laws, Courts, and Justice
Capital Punishment, pg. 379
Although Texas leads the nation in the number of convicted felons executed since 1982 (a total of 248 through July 2001), during the 2001 calendar year, it fell to second place (behind Oklahoma) in the number of individuals executed in that year.
