Houston - Texas, which leads the US in capital punishment, is to carry out a rare multiple execution next month by putting to death two convicted murderers on the same night. Barring intervention by the courts or Texas Governor Mr George W. Bush, Brian Roberson (36) and Oliver Cruz (33) will die by lethal injection in separate executions on August 9th at the state prison in Huntsville, 120 km north of Houston.
Rare multiple execution set
Houston - Texas, which leads the US in capital punishment, is to carry out a rare multiple execution next month by putting to…
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