Execution Report: Tommy Jackson

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A jury convicted Jackson of capital murder in December 1984 and sentenced him to death. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed his conviction and sentence in February 1988. All of his subsequent appeals in state and federal court were denied.

James Otis Clary pled guilty to murder and received a life sentence.

At his execution, Jackson used his last statement to proclaim his innocence: "Ros was a personal friend of mine. She was a beautiful person, very educated ... I left the scene of where the incident happened ... I cannot show no remorse for something that I did not do. I am at peace, please believe me. Wherefore, I figure that what I am dying for now is what I have done in my past. This is what I am dying for. Not for killing Rosalyn. I don't know what ya'll call her but I call her Ros, I call her Ros. That's it."

By David Carson. Posted on 4 April 2002.
Sources: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Attorney General's office, court documents.