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~ William Speer, (TX) ~
By: BuzzC Date: October 14, 2023, 11:54 am
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East Texas death row prisoner nears October execution date--
September 25th, 2023
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BOWIE COUNTY, Texas (KETK) — William Speer, 48, has been on
death row since Oct. 30, 2001 and has a scheduled execution date
of Oct. 26 of this year.
According to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Speer was
previously given a life sentence on Feb. 1, 1991 from Harris
County for one count of capital murder with a deadly weapon.
On July 11, 1997, while serving that sentence at the Telford
Unit in Bowie County, Speer strangled to death a 47-year-old
white offender in the victim’s cell and was subsequently placed
on death row in 2001.
Speer is currently one of 187 inmates on death row in the State
of Texas. His stint on death row has been 21 years and 10
months.
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