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Texas Executed 453rd Person Since 1982; 214th Under Governor Rick Perry

By "Persian Cowboy"

Texas executed its 453rd person since 1982 and the 214th person since Governor Rick Perry took office in 2000. The next Texas execution is April 27 when Samuel Bustamante is set to die.From the Houston Chronicle:A Texas inmate convicted of fatally shooting an El Paso high school senior after robbing and sexually assaulting her was executed Thursday evening in the nation's busiest death penalty state.William Josef Berkley was condemned to death for the March 2000 slaying of 18-year-old Sophia Martinez, whose body was found in the desert outside El Paso after being robbed at a drive-through ATM. She had been shot in the head five times and there was evidence she'd been raped.Berkley was the sixth Texas inmate to receive lethal injection this year...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on April 23, 2010 (boomark / email).