Texas carried out its third execution of 2013, last night in Huntsville. It was the 495th post-Furman
Texas execution since 1982, and the 256th execution conducted under the
administration of Governor Rick Perry. Texas has the nation's most
active death chamber
and accounts for more than 37% of the executions in America's death
penalty states.
"Convicted killer's last words before execution: 'I'm ready. Let's go'," is the AP report filed by Michael Graczyk. It's via KHOU-TV.
A North Texas man was executed Tuesday evening for fatally shooting a teenager during a carjacking outside a nightclub 12 years ago.Ronnie Threadgill, 40, received lethal injection in Huntsville less than two hours after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a last-day appeal.
To date, there have been eight executions in American death penalty states this year; a total of 1,328 post-Furman executions since 1977.
According to TDCJ, 10 additional execution dates have been set for 2013, including five scheduled in the next five weeks. More will be added.
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