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Kentucky to Execute Chapman Tonight: Marco Allen Chapman, the confessed child killer who has sought execution since his conviction four years ago, is scheduled to be put to death tonight. A story by Courier-Journal writers Jason Riley and Deborah Yetter reports that Chapman's execution would be the first in Kentucky since 1999. In 2002, Chapman sexually assaulted Carolyn Marksberry and slashed the throats of her daughter Chelbi, 7, and son Cody, 6. Both Chelbi and Cody were killed while Carolyn's eldest daughter, Courtney, 10, was cut only in the face and survived the incident by playing dead. Another Texas Killer Put to Death: Texas executed its 18th murderer yesterday as reported by AP writer Michael Graczyk. Robert Hudson received the death sentence for the 1999 murder of his ex-girlfriend, 35-year-old Edith Kendrick...continue to full post

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