365 Days of Texas True Crime: Karla
On June 13th 1983 Texas learned the name of a woman the state and most of the US would never forget. Karla Faye Tucker.
Karla had smoked pot for the first time at just 8 years old and began taking drugs and having sex at the age of 12, with the approval of her mother, a drug addicted prostitute with a job during the day as a secretary. By the age of 14 she had dropped out of school and her mother had introduced her to the world of prostitution. Some people say they had a bad childhood but Karla didn t really have a childhood at all. She went through life with no one who truly cared about her well-being and no one to guide her. She developed a temper and was known to start fights in bars with both men and women. When a friend of Karlas shows up beaten by Karlas ex-house mate, she s livid. Jerry Dean and Karla had already had been involved in a minor tussle with Karla kocking him in the face and cutting his eye for cutting up some pictu
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Brandon Bernard executed by federal government despite objections
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The federal government on Thursday night executed convicted murderer Brandon Bernard, ignoring calls for clemency from many including Kim Kardashian.
Bernard, 40, was put to death by lethal injection in Terre Haute, Indiana, for his role in a 1999 double murder on a Texas military base committed when he was 18 years old.
His attorneys Thursday night had sought an 11th-hour stay of execution, which was denied by the US Supreme Court.
“They killed Brandon. He was such a reformed person,” Kardashian tweeted. “So hopeful and positive until the end. More importantly he is sorry, so sorry for the hurt and pain he caused others.”