Texas Seven

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The Texas 7 were a group of prisoners who escaped from the John B. Connally Unit near Kenedy, Texas, United States, on December 13, 2000. Six of the seven were apprehended over a month later, between January 22–24, 2001, as a direct result of the television show America's Most Wanted. One of the prisoners committed suicide before he could be arrested. The surviving members were all convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of police officer Aubrey Wright Hawkins, who was shot and killed when responding to a robbery committed by the Texas Seven. These are the most death sentences that have been imposed in a single case in modern American history. Four of the six have since been executed, while one of the surviving two has been granted a new trial based on alleged judicial bias.

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