USA - Texas. George Whitaker III was executed.

George Whitaker III was executed. Whitaker, 36, black, was convicted of gunning down 16-year-old Shakeitha Carrier in 1994, his ex-girlfriend's sister during an attack that also seriously wounded the former girlfriend's mother and another sister. Whitaker becomes the 16th condemned inmate to be put to death this year in Texas, and the 421st overall since the state resumed capital punishment on December 7, 1982. Whitaker becomes the 32nd condemned inmate to be put to death this year in the USA and the 1131st overall since the nation resumed executions on January 17, 1977.