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| Texas executes second inmate in as many days |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 12/05/2003 |
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In Texas, a former mechanic with an extensive criminal record has been executed for fatally beating an 80-year-old woman he'd known since childhood. Ivan Murphy was the second convicted killer executed in as many nights in Texas. Three more of the state's inmates are scheduled to die next week. Texas has executed 24 inmates this year, more than any other state. In his final statement, Murphy said: "This is a celebration of life, not death." He thanked Pope John Paul the Second and others for prayers, love and support. Murphy was condemned for the 1989 slaying of Lula Mae Denning at her home in Denison, about 70 miles north of Dallas and just south of the Texas-Oklahoma border. |
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