Murphy, 48, was pronounced dead after a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville.
A Texas man who had raised questions about evidence used to persuade a jury to sentence him to death for killing an elderly woman decades ago was executed on Tuesday night.Jedidiah Murphy, 48, was pronounced dead at 10:15 p.m. after a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville for the October 2000 fatal shooting of Bertie Lee Cunningham in Garland, a suburb of Dallas. Cunningham, 80, was killed during a carjacking.
'To the family of the victim, I want to say I sincerely apologize for all I did,' Murphy said in his final statement, according to a transcript of his final statement that was provided to Newsweek by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. 'I hope this brings you closure.'Murphy then began a lengthy recitation of Psalm 34, which ended with him saying: 'The Lord redeems the soul of his servants, and none of those who trust in him shall be condemned.
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