Execution Report: Glen McGinnis

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At his trial, McGinnis's lawyers said that he had been beaten and abused by his stepfather.

A jury convicted McGinnis of capital murder in July 1992 and sentenced him to death. On appeal, McGinnis's attorneys argued that he should not be put to death because he was under 18 when he committed murder, and because he was a black defendant who was convicted by an all-white jury. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the conviction and sentence in December 1994. All of his subsequent appeals in state and federal court were denied.

McGinnis declined to make a last statement at his execution.

By David Carson. Posted on 11 July 2002.
Sources: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Attorney General's Office, others.