Saturday, November 10, 2012

Texas executes convicted killer, Pennsylvania execution stayed

AUSTIN, Texas/PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A man convicted of killing a woman during a burglary at her home was executed in Texas on Thursday, while a court ordered an 11th-hour stay to Pennsylvania's first execution in 13 years, authorities said. Mario Swain, 33, was put to death by lethal injection for the killing of Lola Nixon, 44, during a 2002 burglary at her home in Longview, Texas, the state ...

via http://news.yahoo.com/texas-executes-convicted-killer-pennsylvania-execution-stayed-022539827.html

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