Texas Upholds Capital Punishment, Arthur Lee Burton Executed for 1997 Houston Murder Despite Claims of Intellectual Disability

On Wednesday, the state of Texas carried out the execution of Arthur Lee Burton, a man convicted for the 1997 murder of Houston jogger Nancy Adleman; Burton’s last-minute appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, claiming intellectual disability, did not succeed in halting the execution, as reported by the Texas Tribune. Burton’s death was confirmed at 6:47 p.m. following lethal injection.

Story continues

TRENDING NOW

LATEST LOCAL NEWS