A Texas inmate convicted of beating his 83-year-old great aunt to death more than two decades ago was executed by lethal injection Wednesday evening.
Quintin Jones, 41, was pronounced dead at 6:40 p.m. local time nearly 12 minutes after he received a lethal dose of pentobarbital at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas.
His death ended a 10-month pause of executions in what s usually the nation’s busiest death penalty state, but media witnesses were not allowed to view the process due to a miscommunication between officials with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, according to the Huntsville Item.
Media representatives from both The Associated Press and the Huntsville Item are normally guaranteed an opportunity to witness each execution, the paper reported, citing TDCJ policy.
By Joseph Brown |
The Item May 19, 2021 SUBMITTED PHOTO
HUNTSVILLE, Texas â A Texas inmate convicted of beating his 83-year-old great aunt to death nearly 22 years ago was executed by lethal injection Wednesday evening, ending a 10-month pause of executions in the nationâs busiest death penalty state.
But media witnesses were not allowed to view the process because of a miscommunication between officials with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. According to TDCJ policy, a media representative from the Associated Press and a media representative from the Huntsville Item are guaranteed an opportunity to witness each execution.
âWe have a number of new personnel that are a part of the execution team who have not been a part of an execution in the past,â said TDCJ Director of Communications Jeremy Desel.
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