The state of Texas last night executed a man for a 1990 murder.
Lorenzo Morris (52) was given a lethal injection shortly after 6 p.m. (midnight Irish time) in the state's 19th execution this year.
He was the 332nd person put to death in Texas since the state resumed capital punishment in 1982.
Morris was condemned for killing Jesse Fields (70) on August 5th, 1990, by slashing his throat and beating him with a hammer after breaking into his Houston home and demanding money.
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Morris had no final statement as he lay strapped to a gurney in the Texas death chamber at a state prison in Huntsville.
Five more people are scheduled for execution in Texas this year, with the next being Robert Morrow, who is set to die on Thursday for a 1996 murder.