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Texas kills

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

Texas resumed its execution chamber Wednesday with the death of Karl Chamberlain. From the Dallas Morning News: A remorseful convicted killer was executed Wednesday night for the rape-slaying of a woman in Dallas 17 years ago, the first Texas prisoner in nearly nine months to be put to death in the nation?s most active death penalty state. Karl Eugene Chamberlain addressed relatives of his victims with a big smile on his face and stared directly at the son, parents and brother of Felecia Prechtl as they stood just a few feet away from, looking through a glass window. ?I want you all to know I love you with all my heart. I want to thank you for being here,? he said. Prechtl?s son was 5 when he found his mother?s body in the bathroom of their apartment...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on June 11, 2008 (boomark / email).