Houston, United States:
A Texas man was put to loss of life by deadly injection on Tuesday night for the murders of teenage twin sisters, jail officers mentioned, the sixth loss of life row inmate to be executed in the US previously 12 days.
Earlier than he was put to loss of life within the state penitentiary within the metropolis of Huntsville, Garcia White, 61, apologized to his victims’ household. He was pronounced lifeless at 6:56 pm native time.
A former highschool soccer star, White was convicted in 1996 of stabbing Annette and Bernette Edwards to loss of life in December 1989.
Based on courtroom and jail data, White killed the mom, Bonita Edwards, of the 16-year-old ladies following an argument at their Houston residence after which murdered the 2 sisters.
White was not tried for the loss of life of Bonita Edwards or for 2 different murders he confessed to committing, one in 1989 and one other in 1995.
White’s legal professionals had filed a last-minute request for a keep of execution with the US Supreme Court docket, arguing that he was intellectually disabled and due to this fact not eligible for the loss of life penalty.
“I wish to apologize for all of the flawed I’ve accomplished, and for ache I’ve induced to the Edwards household,” White mentioned earlier than the execution, the Texas Division of Felony Justice mentioned in a press release. “I remorse, I apologize, and I pray that you could find peace.”
Texas has carried out 4 executions this yr on the state penitentiary in Huntsville and one other inmate, Robert Roberson, 57, is scheduled to be put to loss of life on October 17, regardless of questions on his guilt.
Lawmakers in Texas, medical specialists and the best-selling novelist John Grisham are amongst these looking for to halt the execution of Roberson, who was convicted of the 2002 loss of life of his two-year-old daughter Nikki.
Roberson, who’s autistic, took the lady to a hospital with extreme head trauma and the kid died the subsequent day.
Roberson’s legal professionals and advocates have argued that the prognosis of shaken child syndrome, made on the hospital the place the kid died, was inaccurate.
In a letter to Texas officers, 34 docs mentioned the reason for loss of life was actually extreme pneumonia, aggravated by the little lady being prescribed the flawed remedy.
Roberson’s autism, which was not identified till 2018, was misconstrued on the time as exhibiting indifference to the loss of life of the toddler and this notion weighed closely in his conviction, based on his legal professionals.
4 executions had been carried out in the US final week and one the week earlier than, bringing the entire this yr to 18.
The loss of life penalty has been abolished in 23 of the 50 US states, whereas six others — Arizona, California, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Tennessee — have moratoriums in place.
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