US: Taxes Man Put To Death For 1989 Murder Of Twin Sisters; 18 Executions This Year
A Texas man accused of murdering twin teen girls was executed on October 1 evening by lethal injections, three decades after the accused committed the crime. A former high school football star, Garcia White, 61, was convicted for fatally stabbing twin sisters, Annette and Bernette Edwards, to death in December 1989. He was convicted in 1996 in the case.
The accused was pronounced dead at 6:56 pm local time in the United States. Before the execution, White apologized to the families of the victims for the pain he caused them.
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The accused had first killed the twin’s mother, Bonita Edwards, and then murdered the 16-year-old girls at their home in Houston. “I would like to apologize for all the wrong I have done and for the pain I’ve caused to the Edwards family. I regret, I apologise, and I pray that you can find peace,” the media house quoted the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, citing White.
White had submitted a last-minute request for a stay of execution with the US Supreme Court, claiming that he was intellectually disabled and thus not eligible for the death penalty.
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Notably, Texas has carried out four executions this year at the state penitentiary in Huntsville and another inmate. A 57-year-old man is waiting for his death on October 17. Several have raised questions about his guilt, including the best-selling novelist John Grisham demanding to halt the execution of Roberson.
Across the US, a total of four executions were carried out last during the past 12 days. The country has seen a total of 18 executions this year, though the death sentence has been abolished in 23 of the 50 US states.
