Houston, United States:
A Texas man was put to demise by deadly injection on Tuesday night for the murders of teenage twin sisters, jail officers mentioned, the sixth demise row inmate to be executed in the USA up to now 12 days.
Earlier than he was put to demise within the state penitentiary within the metropolis of Huntsville, Garcia White, 61, apologized to his victims’ household. He was pronounced useless at 6:56 pm native time.
A former highschool soccer star, White was convicted in 1996 of stabbing Annette and Bernette Edwards to demise in December 1989.
Based on courtroom and jail information, 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 demise 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 Courtroom, arguing that he was intellectually disabled and due to this fact not eligible for the demise penalty.
“I wish to apologize for all of the incorrect I’ve carried out, and for ache I’ve brought about to the Edwards household,” White mentioned earlier than the execution, the Texas Division of Prison Justice mentioned in an announcement. “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 demise 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 demise of his two-year-old daughter Nikki.
Roberson, who’s autistic, took the woman to a hospital with extreme head trauma and the kid died the following day.
Roberson’s legal professionals and advocates have argued that the analysis 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 demise was in truth extreme pneumonia, aggravated by the little woman being prescribed the incorrect treatment.
Roberson’s autism, which was not recognized till 2018, was misconstrued on the time as displaying indifference to the demise of the toddler and this notion weighed closely in his conviction, in line with his legal professionals.
4 executions had been carried out in the USA final week and one the week earlier than, bringing the entire this yr to 18.
The demise 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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