First Texas execution this year
23 Feb 2013 8:15 AM IST
Texas has executed a man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend by throwing gasoline on her and setting her on fire, after the US Supreme Court denied his last appeal, prison authorities said.
Carl Blue, 48, was convicted over the 1994 death of 38-year-old Carmen Richards-Sanders in College Station, outside of Houston. She died 19 days after the attack.
Blue was pronounced dead at 6.56 pm, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
His death marked the first execution this year in Texas, the most active death penalty state. He was the second man executed nationwide in 2013. During the attack on his ex-girlfriend, Blue had also thrown gasoline on Larence Williams, who had come to the aid of Richards-Sanders, and ignited him. Williams survived the attack.
Carl Blue, 48, was convicted over the 1994 death of 38-year-old Carmen Richards-Sanders in College Station, outside of Houston. She died 19 days after the attack.
Blue was pronounced dead at 6.56 pm, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
His death marked the first execution this year in Texas, the most active death penalty state. He was the second man executed nationwide in 2013. During the attack on his ex-girlfriend, Blue had also thrown gasoline on Larence Williams, who had come to the aid of Richards-Sanders, and ignited him. Williams survived the attack.
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