Texas inmate given lethal injection despite disputed DNA evidence

A Texas inmate convicted of the death of a prison guard has been executed after the US Supreme Court rejected his lawyer's attempts to halt the punishment.

Texas inmate given lethal injection despite disputed DNA evidence
Fri, 13 Oct, 2017 - 08:22

A Texas inmate convicted of the death of a prison guard has been executed after the US Supreme Court rejected his lawyer's attempts to halt the punishment.

Robert Pruett was given a lethal injection yesterday evening for the December 1999 death of corrections officer Daniel Nagle at a prison southeast of San Antonio.

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