Execution
In his final statement he said:
I would like to apologize to the victims' family and all the grief I have caused them. I would like to say I love the girls next to them. Praise the Lord. Let's go warden. That's it.He declined a last meal, asking for only a cup of tea.
Witnesses to the execution said that he snorted twice as the drugs took effect. He was pronounced dead at 6:24 p.m. CST after being executed by lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit, Huntsville, Texas.
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