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Texas executes man convicted of 1990 murder
In Huntsville Texas A P reports Glen Alan McGinnis 27 was strapped to the death chamber gurney and pronounced dead at 617 p m seven minutes after lethal drugs began flowing Witnesses including his aunt and cousin prayed as they watched McGinnis who had just testified about his troubled youth mention of his childhood and the victim Leta Ann Wilkerson He did not request a final statement and did not resist the drugs Eyewitnesses reflect on the impact of his execution and the long years on death row The victim's husband Larry Wilkerson lamented the lost years and the enduring pain of the loss The case drew remarks from prosecutors and defense counsel about race and perceived bias in a 1992 trial
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