Demarco McCullum was executed this evening for killing a man 10 years ago.
Demarco McCullum was executed this evening for killing a man 10 years ago.
Demarco McCullum was executed this evening for killing a man 10 years ago.
McCullum, 30, was convicted of capital murder for the July 29, 1994 robbery and shooting death of Michael Burzinski, 29.
A doctor pronounced McCullum dead at 6:17 p.m.
McCullum and 3 friends (Terrance Perro, 29, Decedrick Gainous, 29 and Chris Lewis, 27) attacked Burzinski, who was openly gay, as he left a Montrose bar July 29.
Perro pleaded no contest to aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon and Gainous was convicted of capital murder. Both are serving life sentences. Lewis pleaded no contest to aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon and was sentenced to 15 years in prison. He was recently paroled.
McCullum becomes the 56th condemned inmate to be put to death this year in the USA.
McCullum, 30, was convicted of capital murder for the July 29, 1994 robbery and shooting death of Michael Burzinski, 29.
A doctor pronounced McCullum dead at 6:17 p.m.
McCullum and 3 friends (Terrance Perro, 29, Decedrick Gainous, 29 and Chris Lewis, 27) attacked Burzinski, who was openly gay, as he left a Montrose bar July 29.
Perro pleaded no contest to aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon and Gainous was convicted of capital murder. Both are serving life sentences. Lewis pleaded no contest to aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon and was sentenced to 15 years in prison. He was recently paroled.
McCullum becomes the 56th condemned inmate to be put to death this year in the USA.
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- (Sources: Houston Chronicle & Rick Halperin, 09/11/2004)