Texas death row inmate James Broadnax was executed Thursday evening hours after the U.S. Supreme Court denied his final appeal citing his codefendant’s confession.
The 37-year-old was pronounced dead at 6:47 p.m. on Thursday after being administered a lethal injection. In his final words, Broadnax asserted one last time that he was innocent of the double murder for which he was sentenced to death, and asked the families of the victims for forgiveness.
