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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amelia Neath

Texas executes death row inmate over 2000 carjacking murder hours after order of stay was overturned

AP

A death row inmate in Texas was executed hours after an order that delayed his death was overturned, despite his attempts to change his fate by questioning evidence set against him.

Jedidiah Murphy, 48, was pronounced dead on Tuesday after he was given a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas.

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