
A death row inmate in Texas is set to be executed on Wednesday for the killing of a woman in Houston in 1997. Should it effectively be conducted, Arthur Lee Burton would become the third person to be executed in the state so far this year, with four more scheduled throughout 2024.
Burton was first sentenced to death in 1998 for the killing of Nancy Adleman. Police discovered her body in a wooded area near a jogging trail along the bayou. She was strangled with her own shoelace and her body beaten. Her shorts and underwear were found away from her, The Texas Tribune recounted.