Man Is Executed for Killing Couple
A man who shot a couple to death in front of their four children at a rest stop 22 years ago was executed by injection Wednesday.
William Putman, 59, had told his attorneys to drop his final appeals Tuesday. The Pardons and Paroles Board considered and denied him clemency, even though he didn’t seek it, a spokeswoman said.
Witnesses said Putman approached a family sleeping at a rest area off Interstate 75 on July 10, 1980, shot David Hardin and demanded that Katie Hardin leave with him, witnesses testified. She refused and was shot in the head as she screamed for her dying husband.
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