USA - Texas. A jury sentenced Carl Wayne Buntion, 68, white, to death

An Harris County jury sentenced Carl Wayne Buntion, 68, white, to death in his resentencing trial. He was first sentenced to death in 1991 for the June 27, 1990 shooting death of James Irby, 37, a police officer. Buntion has never disputed the fact that he shot Irby that day, but  has maintained that he was acting in self defense The death sentence was overturned on Apr. 28, 2006 (see) by U.S. District Judge Kenneth Hoyt. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals confirmed the overturning on Sept. 30, 2009 (see).