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Texas executes man who admitted to neighbors' 2003 slaying
By aol.com
Published: 10/06/2016

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Texas executed a man on Wednesday who pleaded guilty to spraying a neighboring home with gunfire, kicking in the door and killing the married couple who lived there in 2003.

Barney Fuller Jr., 58, was pronounced dead at 7:01 p.m. CDT (12:01 a.m. GMT on Thursday) at the state's death chamber in Huntsville after waiving his final appeals.

It was the seventh this year in Texas and the 16th in the United States.

Fuller was sentenced to death after pleading guilty to capital murder in July 2004. A federal judge earlier this year ruled that he was competent to decide to forgo further appeals in his case.

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