USA - Texas. A jury sentenced Travis James Mullis, 24, white, to death

A Galveston County jury sentenced Travis James Mullis, 24, white, to death for killing his 3-month-old son, Alijah. Mullis was given the death penalty for the Jan. 29, 2008, for crushing his son's head beneath his foot to make him stop crying. He fled from the Galveston Island roadside where he had flung his son's body and walked into Philadelphia police headquarters several days later. He gave homicide detectives written and videotaped accounts of his crime. State District Judge John Elisor upheld the sentence. An appeal is automatic.