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Texas puts man to death for a retired professor's killing in its 600th execution since 1982
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A man who experts for both prosecutors and defense attorneys had said was intellectually disabled became the 600th person executed in Texas since 1982, put to death Thursday evening for the killing of a retired 77-year-old college prof…
By MICHAEL GRACZYK and JUAN A. LOZANO, Associated Press·7 hr ago
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A man who experts for both prosecutors and defense attorneys had said was intellectually disabled became the 600th person executed in Texas since 1982, put to death Thursday evening for the killing of a retired 77-year-old college professor.
Edward Busby Jr. was pronounced dead at 8:11 p.m. following a lethal injection [...].
