Kashe-kashen da ba daidai ba a Texas

Hukuncin kisa hukunci ne na shari'a a jihar Texas ta Amurka don kisan kai, da kuma shiga cikin wani laifi wanda ya haifar da mutuwa idan mutum wanda ya kasance aƙalla shekaru 18 ya aikata shi.

A shekara ta 1982, jihar ta zama hukuma ta farko a duniya da ta aiwatar da kisa ta hanyar allurar rigakafi, lokacin da ta kashe Charles Brooks Jr. Ita ce kisa ta farko a jihar tun 1964. 

Texas, wacce ita ce jiha ta biyu mafi yawan jama'a a Amurka, ta kashe masu laifi 595 tun lokacin da aka sake dawo da hukuncin kisa a Amurka a 1976 (tun daga 1982 tare da hukuncin Brooks) zuwa Mayu 20, 2025 (kisan Matthew Lee Johnson) - fiye da kashi ɗaya bisa uku na jimlar ƙasa. Ko da ga kowane mutum, Texas tana da kashi na biyu mafi girma a cikin ƙasa, bayan makwabciyar Oklahoma kawai.

 Tarihi 
Kashewa ta farko a Texas ta faru ne a cikin 1819, tare da kashe wani fari, George Brown, don fashi. A cikin 1840, an kashe wani baƙar fata mai 'yanci, Henry Forbes, saboda karya kurkuku. Kafin zama jihar Texas a 1846, an aiwatar da kisa takwas - duk ta hanyar ratayewa.
Bayan zama jihar, ratayewa ita ce hanyar da aka yi amfani da ita don kusan dukkanin kisan kai har zuwa 1924. Gundumar da aka yi shari'ar ta gudanar da ratayewa. An rataye na karshe a jihar shine na Nathan Lee, mutumin da aka yanke masa hukuncin kisa kuma aka kashe shi a Angleton, Brazoria County, Texas a ranar 31 ga watan Agusta, 1923.  Wata hanyar da aka yi amfani da ita a lokacin ita ce kisa ta hanyar harbi, wanda aka yi amfani dashi ga 'yan gudun hijira uku a lokacin Yaƙin basasar Amurka, da kuma mutumin da aka yanke masa hukuncin yunkurin fyade a 1863. A shekara ta 1853, kisa na farko a Houston ya faru ne a fili a Kabari na Founder a cikin Wuri na huɗu; da farko, makabarta ita ce wurin kisa, amma bayan 1868 an kashe-kashen a cikin gidan yarin.

A cikin 1923, Texas ta canza dokokin kisa, wanda ya buƙaci a aiwatar da kisa a kan kujerar lantarki, kuma a gudanar da su a gidan yarin Jihar Texas a Huntsville (wanda aka fi sani da Huntsville Unit). Daga 1928 har zuwa 1965, wannan kuma gida ne ga rukunin mutuwar maza na jihar. Kashe-kashen farko a kan kujerar lantarki sun kasance a ranar 8 ga Fabrairu, 1924, lokacin da Charles Reynolds, Ewell Morris, Harris Washington, Haden Cochran, da Melvin Johnson suka yanke musu hukuncin kisa. Kashe-kashen guda biyar sune mafi yawanci a rana ɗaya a jihar. Jiha za ta gudanar da kisan gilla da yawa a rana ɗaya a wasu lokuta da yawa, na ƙarshe a ranar 9 ga Agusta, 2000. Tun daga wannan lokacin, jihar ba ta kashe mutum fiye da ɗaya a rana ɗaya ba, kodayake babu dokoki da ke hana shi. An kashe mutane 361 a Texas, na karshe shine Joseph Johnson a ranar 30 ga Yuli, 1964.

 Manazarta