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Texas Execution

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Texas carried out its fifth execution of 2009, last night in Huntsville; the second in two consecutive nights.  It was the 427th in the state since 1982.  It was the seventh execution in the nation this year; the 1,143nd execution in the nation since executions resumed in 1977.The El Paso Times has, "El Pasoan Ricardo Ortiz executed for killing jail inmate."Ricardo Ortiz became the first man convicted in an El Paso court to be executed by the state of Texas in 22 years on Thursday.He was sentenced to death in the 1997 murder of Gerardo Garcia, a fellow inmate at the El Paso County Jail.According to TDCJ, an additional eight execution dates are already set in February, March, and April.  More execution dates are expected to be added in the coming months...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 30, 2009 (boomark / email).