After long imprisonment
Men executed by lethal injection in the USA
In the USA, two men sentenced to death have been executed within a short space of time. On Wednesday evening (local time), 54-year-old Arthur Lee Burton was executed by lethal injection in the state of Texas. His death was confirmed at 1.47 a.m. CEST. This was followed a few hours later by the execution of 48-year-old Taberon Dave Honie in Utah.
Burton, who was executed in Texas, had been convicted of the murder of a female jogger in July 1997. The US Supreme Court had rejected without comment a request by his lawyers for a stay of execution on the grounds of mental disability. "I want you to know that I'm sorry I did this to you," Burton said before his death.
Mother of ex-partner raped and murdered
48-year-old Honie was also executed by lethal injection in Salt Lake City, Utah. He had been found guilty of raping and murdering the mother of his ex-partner in 1998. The last time a man was executed by firing squad in Utah was 14 years ago.
A total of twelve people have been executed in the USA this year. Burton's execution was the third in the state of Texas. 23 US states have abolished the death penalty, while six others have a so-called moratorium, meaning that the sentence is not carried out. The European Union criticized the two executions.
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