Texas executes cop killer in its first execution of year

By: JournalNow Staff | Journal Staff and Wire Report
Published: January 08, 2010

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HUNTSVILLE, Texas -- A man convicted of gunning down a Texas police officer during an attempted bank robbery was put to death yesterday evening, the first execution of the year in the Texas.

Kenneth Mosley, 51, was condemned for the February 1997 slaying of David Moore in Dallas. Texas accounted for nearly half of the 52 executions carried out in the U.S. last year.

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