US execution

Thursday 05 August 1993 23:02 BST
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A burglar who killed his 75-year-old victim because he feared being identified was executed by lethal injection early yesterday, Reuter reports from Huntsville, Texas. Joseph Paul Jernigan, 39, was pronounced dead about six minutes after prison officials completed administering a lethal dose of chemicals.

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