Texas executes man for slaying game warden during 2007 gun battle
- 8 years ago
HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS — With one fatal needle, 35-year-old James Freeman was put to death on Wednesday evening.
Freeman's death occurred nine years after he drunkenly led game wardens on a 90-minute high-speed car chase after he was suspected of illegally hunting at night. The chase ended with a shootout between Freeman and several wardens. Freeman was shot four times and survived, while one warden wound up dead.
At 6:14 p.m. on Wednesday, Freeman was asked if he had any last words. According to the Houston Chronicle, he said he did not.
Then the drugs were administered. In this case, a single lethal dose of pentobarbital, a barbiturate, was used, reported the Chronicle. Sixteen minutes after the drugs were administered, Freeman was pronounced dead.
Around 100 law enforcement officers stood outside the death chamber in solidarity with the warden.
Freeman's execution is already the second in Texas this year, and the 533rd in the state since the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976. Since then, 37 percent of all U.S. executions have taken place in Texas.
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Freeman's death occurred nine years after he drunkenly led game wardens on a 90-minute high-speed car chase after he was suspected of illegally hunting at night. The chase ended with a shootout between Freeman and several wardens. Freeman was shot four times and survived, while one warden wound up dead.
At 6:14 p.m. on Wednesday, Freeman was asked if he had any last words. According to the Houston Chronicle, he said he did not.
Then the drugs were administered. In this case, a single lethal dose of pentobarbital, a barbiturate, was used, reported the Chronicle. Sixteen minutes after the drugs were administered, Freeman was pronounced dead.
Around 100 law enforcement officers stood outside the death chamber in solidarity with the warden.
Freeman's execution is already the second in Texas this year, and the 533rd in the state since the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976. Since then, 37 percent of all U.S. executions have taken place in Texas.
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