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1.1M Visits to Texas Execution Statements Archive, 600 Executed

5/21/2026

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Texas's online database of execution last statements attracted over 1.1 million visitors in 2023.
Texas has executed 594 men and six women by lethal injection, posts final statements, and in 2019 limited the archive to spoken words after criticism for publishing a racist inmate’s written words.
Analyst Scott Vollum reported love and family each appeared 283 times, references to God 187 times, and about 20 percent of death-row inmates choose not to speak.

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Texas's online database of execution last statements attracted over 1.1 million visitors in 2023.
Texas has executed 594 men and six women by lethal injection, posts final statements, and in 2019 limited the archive to spoken words after criticism for publishing a racist inmate’s written words.
Analyst Scott Vollum reported love and family each appeared 283 times, references to God 187 times, and about 20 percent of death-row inmates choose not to speak.