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Updated: 6:32 PM Feb 7, 2007
Texas Carries Out Fourth Execution Of The Year
A convicted killer sentenced to die for strangling his two stepdaughters was executed just after 6 p.m. Wednesday in Huntsville. Posted: 6:35 PM Feb 7, 2007 |
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(February 7, 2007)--Convicted killer James Jackson, 47, was executed just after 6 p.m. Wednesday in Huntsville for strangling his two stepdaughters in 1997 at their Houston-area home.
Prosecutors say Jackson also killed his 39-year-old wife, Sharon.
The younger victims were 19-year-old "Sonnie" Mayes and her 18-year-old sister, Ericka.
Police say in his confession, Jackson said he and his wife had been arguing for several days over his unemployment and that she intended to divorce him.
Jackson was the fourth condemned killer to be executed so far this year in Texas.
On death row Jackson insisted he didn't strangle his wife and two stepdaughters, but he accepted the likelihood that his life would end Wednesday evening in the Texas death chamber.
The US Supreme Court last month turned down Jackson's request to review his case.
Jackson's lawyer, Kenneth Williams, said no late appeals were planned to try to block the execution.
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