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| Kent Sprouse, Convicted Cop Killer, First Texas Prisoner Executed With New Batch Of Drugs |
| By huffingtonpost.com- Kim Bellware |
| Published: 04/10/2015 |
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A man convicted of killing a Texas cop and a gas station customer in 2002, was executed by lethal injection Thursday night at the Huntsville State Penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas. Kent Sprouse, 42, was pronounced dead at 6:33 p.m. according to a statement from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Sprouse's last words can be read here: I would like to apologize to the Moreno family and the Steinfeldt family for all of the trouble I have caused them. I would like to apologize to my family for all of the trouble that I have caused them. I would also like to thank my family for all of their support. I guess that’s it. Sprouse was the first inmate executed using chemicals from a new batch of drugs secured after a shortage of the necessary lethal injection chemicals threatened to stall executions in the nation's most prolific death penalty state. Sprouse was convicted in 2004 of killing 28-year-old police officer Harry Steinfeldt and 38-year-old man Pedro Moreno. Sprouse received the death penalty for Steinfeldt's murder. Read More. |
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