USA - Texas. Bobby Wayne Woods was executed

Bobby Wayne Woods was executed today. Woods, 44, was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to die for the April 1997 slaying of Sarah Patterson, his ex-girlfriend's 11 years old daughter. She and her 9-year-old brother were snatched from their home. The brother was beaten and left for dead but survived to testify against Woods. Woods becomes the 24th condemned inmate to be put to death this year in Texas and the 447th overall since the state resumed capital punishment on December 7, 1982. Woods becomes the 50th condemned inmate to be put to death this year in the USA and the 1186th overall since the nation resumed executions on January 17, 1977.