On December 8, David Long, a convicted killer who was...

On December 8, David Long, a convicted killer who was hospitalized for a suicide attempt, was executed after the state determined he was healthy enough to die. With his execution looming in two days, he was found unconscious in his cell, having apparently hoarded his antidepressant medication and taken the drugs all at once. Rushed to the hospital in Galveston, he was revived, and when he appeared to be out of danger he was returned to Huntsville to be killed.