Texas Inmate Executed for Torture Slayings of Couple

Houston Chronicle ^ | 02-22-2007 | Associated Press

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HUNTSVILLE — Texas death row inmate Newton Anderson has been executed.

The career burglar was sent to the Texas death chamber this evening for torturing and killing a retired couple during the break-in of their home eight years ago.

Anderson, 30, who said he began stealing from homes even before he was a teenager, had been out of prison only about four months after serving four years for burglary when he was arrested for the slayings of Frank Cobb, 71, and his 61-year-old wife, Bertha, at their rural home near Tyler in Smith County.

Anderson became the fifth Texas inmate executed this year and the first of four set to die over the next two weeks in the nation's most active capital punishment state.

About an hour before he was scheduled to die, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal that sought to delay the punishment. Anderson's attorneys had argued he was denied due process because of erroneous rulings in the trial court and overzealous prosecutors.

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http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/andersonnewton.htm

[Wally_Kalbacken]

Say bye!

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Texas Execution Ping!

[SolidWood]

Another virgin for Saddam.

[Dog Gone]

He was warned not to mess with Texas.

[Psycho_Bunny]

Frank Cobb, a retired telephone company worker, was found face-down on the floor with his hands bound with electrical tape behind his back. His wife, a retired nurse, had her hands tied with tape and had her eyes, nose and mouth covered with tape. Both victims had been shot in the head. Mrs. Cobb had been raped.

Situations like this is where it pays not to be a Christian.  I'm not bound by any of that "God have mercy on his soul" stuff.

Burn in hell, Newton.

[Leofl]

Good Riddance to bad rubbish!

[Obie Wan]

I really love Texas !!!

[DumpsterDiver]

He was warned not to mess with Texas.

Tasteless comment coming up:

The career burglar was sent to the Texas death chamber this evening for torturing and killing. a retired couple during the break-in of their home eight years ago.

[mdittmar]

Goodbye to a terrible waste of skin.

Summary of Incident
On 3/4/1999 during the night in Tyler, Anderson burglarized a private residence. Anderson was caught in the act when the owners came home. Anderson shot the 60 year old white male victim in the upper torso with the victim's 410 shotgun, killing the victim. Anderson then tied up the 65 year old white female, bound her with duct tape, strangled her, and shot her one time with the shotgun. Anderson took approximately $100 cash, clothes, and electronic equipment and fled the scene by car.

[P-40]

Thanks! I almost forgot tomorrow is trash day! It has to be at the curb by 7.

[starbase]

Thanks for the picture. He looks truly evil, like there's nothing human in there at all.

[Ben Mugged]

Texit

[Jorge]

Situations like this is where it pays not to be a Christian. I'm not bound by any of that "God have mercy on his soul" stuff. Burn in hell, Newton.

It always pays to be bound by Christian teachings and principles.

Especially since you will one day stand before a God who says all as worthy of Hell as this criminal is.

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Actually most Christians would agree that he suffered the fate he deserved. God clearly states that the penalty for murder is death.

What happens after he is dead in this existence is between him and God.

[M203M4]

* ya, I know it wasn't ol' sparky *tear*

I hope he felt pain, lots of it.

[Psycho_Bunny]

No, I won't.

[Jorge]

No, I won't.

Then I guess you don't believe in the God of the Bible.

[MovementConservative]

What happens after he is dead in this existence is between him and God.

And that is clearly separation from God. God is love, so we know whatever happens to him it will be the absense of love.

[Jorge]

"What happens after he is dead in this existence is between him and God."

And that is clearly separation from God. God is love, so we know whatever happens to him it will be the absense of love.

You don't know any such thing. And you clearly underestimate the power of Jesus Christ and His death on the cross to atone for sin.

Moses and King David were both murderers.