USA - Texas. Kenneth Wayne Morris, 38, black, was executed

Kenneth Wayne Morris, 38, black, was executed after apologizing for the 1991 killing of James Adams, 63, white, during a botched burglary. In 2003, Morris was within about 2 hours of execution when he won a court reprieve to investigate claims he may be mentally retarded and ineligible for the death penalty. Those issues were resolved last year. Morris becomes the 10th condemned inmate to be put to death this year in Texas and the 433rd overall since the state resumed capital punishment on December 7, 1982. Morris becomes the 17th condemned inmate to be put to death this year in the USA and the 1153rd overall since the nation resumed executions on January 17, 1977.