USA - Texas. Timothy Wayne Adams, 42, black, was executed

Timothy Wayne Adams, 42, black, was executed. He was convicted in 2003 of shooting to death his 19-month old son, Tim, Jr. on February 20, 2002. Last Wednesday more than 90 faith leaders and 3 jurors from the original trial urged the board to ask Gov. Rick Perry to commute Adam’s death penalty to life in prison. (see Feb. 7). Despite the petition, however, the 7-member board voted 7-0 twice — first against a 120-day reprieve and then against a recommendation to commute the sentence to life in prison. Adams becomes the 2nd condemned inmate to be put to death this year in Texas and the 466th overall since the state resumed capital punishment on December 7m 1982. Adams becomes the 8th condemned inmate to be put to death this year in the USA and the 1242nd overall since the nation resumed executions on January 17, 1977.