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6th US Inmate Execution: Texas Man Put To Death For Murder Of Twins In 1989
A Texas man was put to death by lethal injection on Tuesday evening for the murders of teenage twin sisters, prison officials said, the sixth death row inmate to be executed in the United States in the past 12 days.
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US Man Executed For Raping, Killing Drug Dealer's Girlfriend In 2001
An American man was executed Wednesday in Texas for the 2001 murder of a woman.
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US Man Convicted Of Cop's Murder Executed
A man sentenced to death for the murder of a police officer was executed Wednesday night in Texas despite suspicions of racism having tainted his trial.
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US: Court Stays Execution Of Mother Who Says Murder Confession Was Coerced
A court in Texas on Monday stayed the execution of Melissa Lucio, a mother of 14, who was due to be put to death on April 27 for the 2007 murder of her two-year-old daughter, Mariah.
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US Man Convicted Of Murdering 89-Year-Old Woman And Her Elderly Daughter
A man convicted of killing an 89-year-old woman and her elderly daughter in their Fort Worth home in 2003 was put to death by lethal injection in Texas on Wednesday.
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"Justice Being Served": White Supremacist Executed In 1998 Dragging Death
Two decades after his conviction, John William King was executed Wednesday night in Texas for the murder of the James Byrd Jr., a crime that caught national attention and prompted a national discussion about hate crime legislation.
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Texas Executes Man Convicted Of 1989 Murder Of Three In-Laws
A 70-year-old man convicted of murdering his estranged wife's parents and brother in 1989 was executed in Texas on Thursday, hours after the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition seeking a reprieve on grounds he received inadequate defence at his trial.
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US Man Executed For Killing Former Roommate, Hiding Her Body In Concrete
A man convicted of murdering a woman and hiding her body in a barrel of concrete is set to be put to death Wednesday -- the first of two scheduled Texas executions this week.
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Texas Man Killed Daughters While Wife Heard Gunshots On Phone; Executed
A man who killed his two young daughters at his Dallas apartment in 2001 while the girls' mother listened on the phone and heard the fatal gunshots and her children's screams, was executed in Texas on Thursday, prisons officials said.
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Texas Inmate Executed For Murder Of Ex-Girlfriend
A Dallas man who was convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend in 1999 while he was out on parole was executed on Tuesday after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a last-minute appeal, prison officials said.
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Texas Man Executed Amid US Decline In Use Of Capital Punishment
The southern US state of Texas on Wednesday executed an inmate who had dropped all appeals and asked to be put to death for murdering his neighbors 13 years ago.
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Texas Man Who Killed 2 Neighbors Wants Execution To Proceed
An East Texas man who pleaded guilty to killing a neighbor couple during a shooting rampage 13 years ago appeared headed for an execution Wednesday that he wanted.
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In Texas, A Man Who Didn't Kill Anybody Is About To Be Executed For Murder
Terri Been's voice shook as she read a long text message from her niece.
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Convicted Murderer is Executed by Lethal Injection in Texas
The state of Texas today executed a death row inmate convicted of fatally shooting a man in 1998, after robbing his victim of eight dollars.
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Texas Executes Tenth Death Row Inmate This Year
A man convicted of three murders was put to death in Texas on Tuesday, in the state's tenth execution this year, after the US Supreme Court rejected a final appeal, authorities said.
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6th US Inmate Execution: Texas Man Put To Death For Murder Of Twins In 1989
A Texas man was put to death by lethal injection on Tuesday evening for the murders of teenage twin sisters, prison officials said, the sixth death row inmate to be executed in the United States in the past 12 days.
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US Man Executed For Raping, Killing Drug Dealer's Girlfriend In 2001
An American man was executed Wednesday in Texas for the 2001 murder of a woman.
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US Man Convicted Of Cop's Murder Executed
A man sentenced to death for the murder of a police officer was executed Wednesday night in Texas despite suspicions of racism having tainted his trial.
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US: Court Stays Execution Of Mother Who Says Murder Confession Was Coerced
A court in Texas on Monday stayed the execution of Melissa Lucio, a mother of 14, who was due to be put to death on April 27 for the 2007 murder of her two-year-old daughter, Mariah.
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US Man Convicted Of Murdering 89-Year-Old Woman And Her Elderly Daughter
A man convicted of killing an 89-year-old woman and her elderly daughter in their Fort Worth home in 2003 was put to death by lethal injection in Texas on Wednesday.
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"Justice Being Served": White Supremacist Executed In 1998 Dragging Death
Two decades after his conviction, John William King was executed Wednesday night in Texas for the murder of the James Byrd Jr., a crime that caught national attention and prompted a national discussion about hate crime legislation.
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Texas Executes Man Convicted Of 1989 Murder Of Three In-Laws
A 70-year-old man convicted of murdering his estranged wife's parents and brother in 1989 was executed in Texas on Thursday, hours after the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition seeking a reprieve on grounds he received inadequate defence at his trial.
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US Man Executed For Killing Former Roommate, Hiding Her Body In Concrete
A man convicted of murdering a woman and hiding her body in a barrel of concrete is set to be put to death Wednesday -- the first of two scheduled Texas executions this week.
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Texas Man Killed Daughters While Wife Heard Gunshots On Phone; Executed
A man who killed his two young daughters at his Dallas apartment in 2001 while the girls' mother listened on the phone and heard the fatal gunshots and her children's screams, was executed in Texas on Thursday, prisons officials said.
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Texas Inmate Executed For Murder Of Ex-Girlfriend
A Dallas man who was convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend in 1999 while he was out on parole was executed on Tuesday after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a last-minute appeal, prison officials said.
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Texas Man Executed Amid US Decline In Use Of Capital Punishment
The southern US state of Texas on Wednesday executed an inmate who had dropped all appeals and asked to be put to death for murdering his neighbors 13 years ago.
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Texas Man Who Killed 2 Neighbors Wants Execution To Proceed
An East Texas man who pleaded guilty to killing a neighbor couple during a shooting rampage 13 years ago appeared headed for an execution Wednesday that he wanted.
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In Texas, A Man Who Didn't Kill Anybody Is About To Be Executed For Murder
Terri Been's voice shook as she read a long text message from her niece.
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Convicted Murderer is Executed by Lethal Injection in Texas
The state of Texas today executed a death row inmate convicted of fatally shooting a man in 1998, after robbing his victim of eight dollars.
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Texas Executes Tenth Death Row Inmate This Year
A man convicted of three murders was put to death in Texas on Tuesday, in the state's tenth execution this year, after the US Supreme Court rejected a final appeal, authorities said.
