Allan B. Polunsky Unit - Notable Inmates

Notable Inmates

Death row:

• Lawrence Russell Brewer (murderer of James Byrd, Jr.) - executed on September 21, 2011.
• Peter Anthony Cantu (convicted of the murders of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Peña); transferred from Ellis Unit — executed on August 17, 2010.
• Billie Wayne Coble – convicted of Vicha family murders.
• James Lee Clark, executed on April 11, 2007 at Huntsville Unit despite questions of Clark's IQ not meeting mental retardation
• Joseph C. Garcia (member of the Texas 7)
• Randy Ethan Halprin (member of the Texas 7)
• John William King (murderer of James Byrd, Jr.)
• Humberto Leal Garcia, transferred from Ellis Unit — executed on July 7, 2011.
• José Medellín (convicted of the murders of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Peña) - Transferred from Ellis Unit — executed on August 5, 2008.
• Donald Keith Newbury (member of the Texas 7)
• Derrick Sean O'Brien (perpetrator of the murder of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Peña); transferred from Ellis Unit — executed on July 11, 2006.
• Ángel Maturino Reséndiz — executed on June 27, 2006.
• George Rivas (member of the Texas 7)— executed on February 29, 2012
• Michael Anthony Rodriguez (member of the Texas 7) — executed on August 14, 2008.
• Tommy Lynn Sells
• Henry Skinner, transferred from Ellis Unit
• Andre Thomas - Moved to the Jester IV Unit due to mental health issues
• Shannon Charles Thomas - transferred from Ellis Unit and executed on November 16, 2005.
• Cameron Todd Willingham - transferred from Ellis Unit — executed on February 17, 2004.
• Ponchai Wilkerson
• Steven Michael Woods, Jr. — executed on September 13, 2011.
• Marvin Lee Wilson, executed on August 7, 2012 at Huntsville Unit.

Non-death row:

• Matthew Dee Baker (former preacher convicted of killing his wife)
• Steven Jay Russell - Multiple escapee con artist. Texas Department of Criminal Justice