Lorenzo Morris - Texas

Only in Texas, home of our commander in chief, would you find an execution happening at the same time the election results from the biggest presidential election of my lifetime rolling in.

But I digress...

Texas executed Lorenzo Morris on Tuesday night. Morris died shortly after receiving a lethal injection at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Condemned for the killing of his elderly neighbor, Jesse Fields, in 1990, there was little question about Morris's treatment of Fields. Morris all but admitted to beating Fields and slashing his throat. However, there is significance evidence that Fields did not die from the injuries Morris inflicted. This question may be splitting hairs, but few people have paid attention to it. Perhaps such a question is more academic than practical, but how can an individual be guilty of capital murder when the victim did not die from the inflicted injuries (aside from whether the injuries hurried a death)?

Again, I digress...

Lorenzo Morris was 52 years old at the time of his death. He was the 19th man killed by the State of Texas in 2004.

Texas Executes Man on Election Night