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| Edwin Hart Turner |
Authorities say 38-year-old Edwin Hart Turner received a lethal injection Wednesday and died at 6:21 p.m. CST for his conviction in the slayings of Eddie Brooks and Everett Curry during a pair of gas station holdups. The spree netted Turner and accomplice Paul Murrell Stewart about $400.
Stewart was 17 at the time and was sentenced to life in prison after testifying against Turner.
Turner's lawyers had unsuccessfully urged the courts to block the execution by arguing corrections officials prevented the inmate from getting medical tests that could prove he was mentally ill at the time.
Turner becomes the 1st condemned inmate to be put to death this year in Mississippi and the 16th overall since the state resumed capital punishment in 1983.
Turner becomes the 3rd condemned inmate to be put to death this year in the USA and the 1280th overall since the nation resumed executions on January 17, 1977.
Turner becomes the 1st condemned inmate to be put to death this year in Mississippi and the 16th overall since the state resumed capital punishment in 1983.
Turner becomes the 3rd condemned inmate to be put to death this year in the USA and the 1280th overall since the nation resumed executions on January 17, 1977.
Source: Huffington Post, Rick Halperin, Feb. 8, 2012
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