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

A Galveston County  jury sentenced Travis Mullis, 24, white, to death for crushing his 3-month-old son's head beneath his foot to make him stop crying. Mullis was given the death penalty for the Jan. 29, 2008, killing of his son, Alijah. Mullis left Galveston but surrendered Feb. 1, 2008, and confessed to Philadelphia police that he stomped Alijah until he felt the infant’s skull collapse. It was the only way to stop Alijah from crying, he said. Evidence in his punishment hearing revealed Mullis sexually assaulted Alijah before killing him. State District Judge John Elisor affirmed the death sentence.