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Florida Executes Edward Thomas James for 1993 Murders of Child and Grandmother

Edward Thomas James was put to death by lethal injection after courts rejected his final appeals citing cognitive decline and mental illness.

Texas Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty in High-Profile Murder of 12-Year-Old

Texas Executes Garcia Glenn White for 1989 Murders of Teenage Twins

Texas to Execute Arthur Lee Burton for 1997 Murder of Houston Jogger