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Texas Executed Today the 461st Person Since 1982; 222 Under Governor Rick Perry

By "Persian Cowboy"

Today, July 1, 2010 Texas executed Michael Perry. He was the 461st person executed in Texas since 1982 and the 222nd person since Rick Perry became governor. He was the 14th person executed in Texas in 2010. From the Houston Chronicle:Convicted killer Michael James Perry was executed Thursday evening for gunning down a nurse at her home north of Houston nine years ago and stealing her car.Perry, 28, mouthed to relatives and friends watching through a window that he loved them."I want to start off to everyone involved in this atrocity, they're all forgiven by me," he said in a brief statement from the death chamber gurney.He lifted his head from the pillow and his voice cracking, cried out: "Mom, I love you.""I'm coming home Dad...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on July 02, 2010 (boomark / email).