Ricky Morrow - Texas

Texas executed its fourth inmate this month tonight, its seventeenth this year.

Earlier this evening, Texas executed Ricky Morrow for the slaying of Mark Frazier in 1982. Morrow claimed the shooting was accidental and that he had not meant to kill Frazier. His attorneys disputed much of the testimony that was used by the jury to convict Morrow of capital murder as opposed to finding him guilty of "only" murder. Three Supreme Court justices favored a delay, but that was not enough for the Court to stay in execution.

Before his death, Morrow addressed his family and thanked his sisters for their support and told them he was headed to a better place. Morrow was pronounced dead at 6:32. He was 53 years old.

Ricky Morrow Executed