"I taste it in my throat": Last words of man executed in Texas for 2004 slaying of store owner

Last Updated Jul 17, 2018 9:34 PM EDT. HUNTSVILLE, Texas -- A Texas prisoner was executed Tuesday evening for the fatal shooting of a San Antonio convenience store owner after courts turned down appeals that the state parole board improperly ...

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Texas executes Chris Young, who fought the state parole board in a final appeal

The death row inmate claimed that the parole board likely rejected his clemency petition because he was black. The argument highlighted a long-standing criticism of clemency in Texas. by Jolie McCullough July 17, 2018 Updated: 6:52 PM. Chris Young ... Texas executes convicted killer despite plea by victim's familyYahoo News

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Possible serial killer' cut off ankle monitor before killing three in Texas crime spree

A violent parolee ditched his ankle monitor before setting off on a deadly crime spree that left three people dead and another wounded in, according to Texas authorities. The man at the heart of the dogged manhunt was believed to be casing homes in the ... Suspect Is Arrested After a String of Murders and Robberies in the Houston AreaNew York Times Jose Rodriguez, man suspected of killing 3 people in Houston area, charged with 2 counts of murderKPRC Click2Houston Suspect wanted in deadly crime spree captured in northwest Harris County KTRK-TV NBCNews.com -@houstonpolice -KHOU.com -KHOU.com

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Texas woman accused of biting off chunk of woman's nose, swallowing it

A Texas woman had her Mike Tyson moment when she allegedly bit off a large chunk of another woman's nose, police say. The victim, identified only as “Tatiana,” told ABC 13 that she went out to a bar last Wednesday night with her next-door neighbor and

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