Execution of Steven Michael Woods Jr.
Steven Michael Woods Jr. | |
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| Born | April 17, 1980 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | September 13, 2011 (aged 31) Huntsville Unit, Huntsville, Texas, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Execution by lethal injection |
| Education | Milford High School, finished 11th grade |
| Known for | Tried under the Texas law of parties |
| Criminal status | Executed |
| Conviction | Capital murder |
| Criminal penalty | Death (August 21, 2002) |
Steven Michael Woods Jr. (April 17, 1980 – September 13, 2011) was an American who was executed by lethal injection in the state of Texas. Woods was sentenced to death after a jury convicted him of the capital murders of Ronald Whitehead, 21, and Bethena Brosz, 19, on May 2, 2001, in The Colony, Texas. Woods petitioned to media outlets for prisoner rights in February 2004.
He was incarcerated on the Texas state death row for men, located in the Allan B. Polunsky Unit (formerly the Terrell Unit) in West Livingston, Texas. In late 2006, Woods was part of a hunger strike in Polunsky, to oppose death-row inmates' treatment.