USA - Texas. Gregory Wright was executed today

Gregory Wright was executed today for the the March 21, 1997, slaying of Donna Duncan Vick, 52, white. a religious widow who gave Mr. Wright and his friend John Adams food and a place to sleep. Wright, 42, white, maintained he was innocent of the killing and blamed it on a fellow homeless man, John Adams. Adams was tried separately and also was convicted and sentenced to death. Adams, who implicated Wright as the killer, earlier this year recanted his statement against Wright. Then at a court hearing last month, he reversed his recantation. Wright becomes the 14th condemned inmate to be put to death this year in Texas, and the 419th overall since the state resumed capital punishment on Dec. 7, 1982. Wright becomes the 30th condemned inmate to be put to death this year in the USA and the 1129th overall since the nation resumed executions on January 17, 1977.