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• North Texas man executed as his cousin claims he was the shooter in fatal 2008 robbery

  April 30, 2026 11:12 AM

  HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A North Texas man who claimed he wasn't the shooter in a fatal robbery that killed two people nearly 18 years ago and who said prosecutors misused rap lyrics he wrote to secure his death sentence was executed Thursday evening. James Broadnax was pronounced dead... more »

• Texas inmate James Broadnax faces Thursday execution amid final appeal arguing he wasn’t the shooter

  April 29, 2026 11:29 AM

  Absent last-minute intervention by the U.S. Supreme Court, Texas death row inmate James Broadnax is scheduled to be executed Thursday for the murder of two music producers his co-defendant confessed to in March. Broadnax was 20 when he was sentenced to death in 2009 for the robbery and deadly... more »

• Texas man executed for the 'exorcism' killing of his girlfriend's 13-month-old daughter

  September 25, 2025 11:11 AM

  HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas man was executed Thursday for killing his girlfriend's 13-month-old daughter in a torturous ordeal the couple said was part of an "exorcism" to expel a demon from the child's body. Blaine Milam, 35, received a lethal injection Thursday evening at the state penitentiary... more »