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Quintin Phillippe Jones | |
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 Mugshot of Jones taken by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice | |
| Born | July 15, 1979 Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | May 19, 2021 (aged 41) Huntsville Unit, Huntsville, Texas, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Execution by lethal injection |
| Conviction(s) | Capital murder |
| Criminal penalty | Death (March 16, 2001) |
| Details | |
| Victims | 3 (two as an accomplice) |
Span of crimes | June – September 11, 1999 |
| Country | United States |
| State(s) | Texas |
Quintin Phillippe Jones (July 15, 1979 – May 19, 2021) was an American man from Livingston, Texas, who was executed for the 1999 killing of his great aunt, Berthena Bryant.[1][2] Bryant's family and 183,344 other people petitioned Texas Governor Greg Abbott for clemency to commute his death sentence to a life sentence.[3][4] He was executed on May 19, 2021, the first execution by the state of Texas in 10 months and only the second since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. He was executed without any media presence.[5][6]
- ^ Kessel, Jonah M.; Jaouad, Suleika; Crouse, Lindsay (10 May 2021). "Video: Opinion | Dear Gov. Abbott, Please Save My Life". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
- ^ "Quintin Jones is on death row for killing his great-aunt. The victim's sister is pleading for clemency". www.cbsnews.com. May 14, 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
- ^ "'I'm nothing like that person': Texas death row inmate makes video plea for clemency". the Guardian. 2021-05-10. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
- ^ "Family Of Victim Killed By A Fort Worth Man Wants His Life Spared". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
- ^ "Texas Executes Quintin Jones, a Black Man, Rejecting Clemency Pleas from Victim's Family". Democracy Now!. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
- ^ "Texas executes Quintin Jones by lethal injection without media witnesses". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2021-05-21.