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Oklahoma & Texas kill

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

In Texas: Reginald Perkins, a convicted rapist and suspected serial killer, was executed in Texas for strangling and robbing his stepmother in Fort Worth more than eight years ago. About an hour before he was executed, Perkins summoned a prison official to his cell and gave him a statement professing his innocence. “They didn’t link me to nothing. I did not kill my stepmom,” he said. “I loved her. Texas is going to kill an innocent man.” Perkins was pronounced dead at 6:24 p.m., eight minutes after the lethal drugs were administered. In Oklahoma: Darwin Demond Brown, 32, apologized to the family of the victim as they watched, and thanked his family for their love and support. “I apologize for anybody I hurt,” Brown said...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on January 22, 2009 (boomark / email).