Posted on 03/09/2016 6:47:53 PM PST by Olog-hai
A man convicted of killing five people including his ex-wife in a 1997 shooting rampage near Houston was put to death Wednesday.
Coy Wesbrooks lethal injection was the eighth this year nationally and fourth in Texas, which carries out capital punishment more than any state. Two Georgia inmates have been executed so far in 2016, plus one each in Alabama and Florida. [ ]
Wesbrook killed his ex-wife, Gloria Jean Coons, 32; her roommate, Diana Ruth Money, 43; and three men: Antonio Cruz, 35, Anthony Ray Rogers, 41, and Kelly Hazlip, 28.
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That was mentioned in the AP story. Thing is, you walk away from such people and never associate with them again; their last state will certainly be worse than the first, in the course of things, but by their own hand.
Just to clarify, they were not trying to kill Wesbrook FWICS.
Took 19 years ?? 1997-2016
I certainly do not disagree with you.
I think Texas changed to serving the same meal all the other inmates get.
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