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TX executes mentally ill man for murder of officer

By "Persian Cowboy"

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Good article by a Sam Houston State University student for the college paper about Adam Ward, a mentally ill man, who was executed last night. Thankfully he wouldn't allow his parents, Nancy and Ralph Ward, to witness the execution as they were having a very difficult time with losing their only son. Two Abolition Movement members who had known them for many years, Angie and Gloria, met them afterward and offered condolences at the local church where the funeral home takes the body so family and friends can say good-bye. Kathy Cox, a former Salvation Army minister, witnessed he execution, as she had known the Wards and visited their son for many years and was staying with them in Huntsville. His mom, Nancy, collapsed several times as she wailed and touched her son's warm yet lifeless body...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on March 24, 2016 (boomark / email).