Posted on 11/08/2006 6:53:11 PM PST by COEXERJ145
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (Reuters) - Texas executed a man on Wednesday by lethal injection for the 1992 murder of a man whom he shot dead during a car hijacking outside a Houston shopping center.
Willie Shannon, 33, was convicted of the slaying of Benjamin Garza who was waiting for his wife and children in his car when he was attacked.
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice said Shannon, who was then 19 years old, entered the passenger side of the car and shot Garza in the head after a brief struggle.
He was later apprehended after being spotted driving the stolen vehicle. Police said he had raped a maid at a nearby hotel just 10 minutes before the slaying and carjacking.
(Excerpt) Read more at today.reuters.com ...
Texas Execution Ping!
Wow. And here I was feeling down because of the election. Thanks for the pick-me-upper!
Bye scum!
Well, there's another killer gone.
There was a woman a few years ago who was carjacked on the perps birthday. She turned on the tape recorder and her death was recorded as well as the hour or two that she asked for mercy. What ever happened to that slime?
NEXT!
If you know the city, I can try to find if the guy is on death row.
Another one bites the dust. We should put an express lane in at Huntsville, because we have too many murderers waiting in line. Only their lawyers would miss them
I don't know the city. It received a lot of attention when it happened because of the man's flat old sociopathy. The woman, a social worker or therapist, could not reach him in any way. He was so matter of fact about her death.
Thanks for catching that. :-)
| Scheduled Execution | Link | Last Name | First Name | TDCJ Number | Date of Birth | Race | Date Received | County |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/08/2006 | Offender Information | Shannon | Willie | 999086 | 06/12/1973 | Black | 12/15/1993 | Harris |
| 11/16/2006 | Offender Information | Nealy | Charles | 999289 | 03/23/1964 | Black | 12/10/1998 | Dallas |
| 01/10/2007 | Offender Information | Granados | Carlos | 999307 | 09/18/1970 | Hispanic | 05/06/1999 | Williamson |
| 01/17/2007 | Offender Information | Moore | Johnathan | 999216 | 04/04/1974 | White | 01/07/1997 | Bexar |
| 01/24/2007 | Offender Information | Swearingen | Larry | 999361 | 05/21/1971 | White | 7/12/2000 | Montgomery |
| 01/25/2007 | Offender Information | Chambers | Ronald | 539 | 01/11/1955 | Black | 01/08/1976 | Dallas |
| 01/30/2007 | Offender Information | Swift | Christopher | 999496 | 02/12/1975 | White | 04/11/2005 | Denton |
| 03/06/2007 | Offender Information | Perez | Robert | 999322 | 06/29/1958 | Hispanic | 07/29/1999 | Dallas |
Tell Tookie I say burn baby burn.
darn..another dem vote lost..
"I took a father, it wasn't my fault, it was an accident ... God knows the truth," he said."
Right.... And I guess the rape you did earlier was an accident too? Bye, bye, scumbag.
Definitely heady stuff.
Where was Jesse Jackson?? I guess the California glitz was missing so "Reverend" Jackson decided to skip this one.
Hit it! Another one bites the dust
and another one bites the dust.
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