Betty Lou Beets was executed in Texas, two weeks before...

Betty Lou Beets was executed in Texas, two weeks before her 63rd birthday, for the murder of her fifth husband. The UN Special Rapporteurs on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and on violence against women, Asma Jahangir and Radhika Coomaraswamy, were among those who expressed grave concern over the execution. (see Texas)