Ricky Morrow was executed in the Texas
Ricky Morrow was executed in the Texas
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Ricky Morrow was executed in the Texas death chamber today for the slaying of a Dallas savings and loan office worker during a robbery on Jan. 19, 1982.
Morrow, 53, acknowledged firing the shot that killed 26-year-old Mark Frazier, but said he shouldn't have been sentenced to death because the shooting was an accident.
Morrow was tried and sentenced to death in 1983, but the conviction was thrown out 5 years later by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. In 1989, a second trial was halted when a judge declared a mistrial. Morrow went to trial again the following year, was convicted and condemned.
Morrow becomes the 17th condemned inmate to be put to death this year in Texas, and the 51st in the USA.
Morrow, 53, acknowledged firing the shot that killed 26-year-old Mark Frazier, but said he shouldn't have been sentenced to death because the shooting was an accident.
Morrow was tried and sentenced to death in 1983, but the conviction was thrown out 5 years later by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. In 1989, a second trial was halted when a judge declared a mistrial. Morrow went to trial again the following year, was convicted and condemned.
Morrow becomes the 17th condemned inmate to be put to death this year in Texas, and the 51st in the USA.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Associated Press & Rick Halperin, 20/10/2004)
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