NATION IN BRIEF : TEXAS : Killer Is Executed by Lethal Injection
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Convicted killer Carlos DeLuna, who maintained he was wrongly condemned for the slaying of a gas station attendant during a $150 robbery, was executed by lethal injection in Huntsville, Tex. DeLuna, 27, maintained that he did not kill Wanda Jean Lopez of Corpus Christi on Feb. 4, 1983. DeLuna visited with relatives Wednesday after the Supreme Court rejected his request for a stay of execution. DeLuna was the 120th person executed since the Supreme Court lifted its ban on capital punishment in 1976.
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