State Puts to Death Its 300th Inmate
An apologetic killer became the 300th inmate put to death in Texas since the state resumed the death penalty 20 years ago.
Keith Clay, 35, who gunned down a convenience store clerk during a 1994 robbery, prayed softly to himself as he was executed by injection. He was pronounced dead at 6:23 p.m.
Clay asked for forgiveness from three members of his victim’s family who were present.
“I know you have suffered a great loss and I am truly, truly sorry,” he told the family members.
Clay killed the clerk during a $2,000 robbery in Baytown, near Houston.
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